‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla
The crossing through ‘Azzun Atma is slow. During the hour we were there soldiers closed the crossing three times, for a few minutes each time. We didn’t know the reason because we saw nothing unusual. Each time it was closed people waiting shouted and were annoyed; they’d risen very early to get to work on time. We were left with the sad impression that the very young soldiers operating the checkpoint are fooling around. I hope that’s not the case.
06:15 ‘Azzun Atma
We estimate some 60-70 people are waiting on line. Today there’s an innovation: some people enter through a gate in the fence (not through the revolving gate where people wait on line), bypassing the line. We asked Palestinians who’d come through about the change in routine. They said men over 45 are allowed through today without waiting on line.
06:35 A police pickup truck stopped at the gate. Palestinian prisoners emerged, their ankles cuffed, most very young. The police released their cuffs and they entered ‘Azzun Atma.
Two policemen addressed us: you’re not allowed to be here, let’s see your IDs, this is a military area. After we told them we’ve stood here for years – they can confirm with the DCL – they relented. But they still asked to see Rachel’s ID and copied the information; we don’t know why, nor do we know why they asked only for hers.
A person at the end of the line whom we timed took 35 minutes to cross.
06:50 Still about 60 people on line; it’s not getting shorter. The soldiers closed the entry to the revolving gate; we don’t know why. People on line began shouting.
06:55 The revolving gate reopened; some people left the line and entered through the gate in the fence (over 45?). A female soldier again orders the checkpoint closed; the revolving gate and the gate in the fence close.
07:00 The line is still long, about 70 people.
07:02 The gate opens in the fence and people begin entering. People on the long line at the revolving gate begin pushing and shouting.
07:05 The revolving gate opens, people start to cross.
We spoke to a few people who’d come through the gate. All complain about how long it takes.
07:07 The revolving gate is blocked again. Yelling on line again.
The gate reopens two minutes later.
07:15 The line shortens. About 30 people waiting.
07:50 Habla. No one on line, everything’s peaceful. A donkey cart, a commercial vehicle, a horse cart and a truck go through.
08:00 The gate closes; everyone has crossed.
'Azzun 'Atma
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'Azzun 'Atma
A Palestinian village of about 1,800 residents. The settlement of Sha'arei Tikva was established on its land adjacent to it, and the settlement of Oranit was established on its agricultural lands. By 2013, the separation fence had passed through the village and a checkpoint staffed by the army allowed the residents to cross from side to side. After building a massive wall surrounding the village and some of its agricultural lands, the residents went daily for five years to their lands that remained in the Seam Zone through the Oranit agricultural checkpoint (4). Since 2018 it has only opened during the olive harvest and the farmers have to pass daily at the Beit Amin / Abu Salman checkpoint (1447), about 3 kilometers north.From a report from March 24, 2021: "The farmers from Beit Amin and Azon Atma are happy that since February 21 the Oranit checkpoint .is going to be open 3 times a day, The farmers are really developing the place."
Report from July 14, 2024: "Ornit checkpoint is closed . The Beit Amin/Abu Salman agricultural checkpoint is closed (there is no contact with the military to check if it opens rarely), the Ezbat Jaloud checkpoint was opened once a day before the war.
Updated for July 2024
Apr-11-2019Azoun: The main entrance to village blocked now for several weeks
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Habla
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Habla CP (1393)
The Habla checkpoint (1393) was established on the lands of the residents of Qalqilya, on the short road that
connected it for centuries to the nearby town of Habla. The separation barrier intersects this road twice and cut off the residents of Qalqilya from their lands in the seam zone.(between the fence and the green line).
There is a passage under Road 55 that connects Qalqilya to the sabotage This agricultural barrier is used by the farmers and nursery owners established along Road 55 from the Green Line and on both sides of the kurkar road leading to the checkpoint.
This agricultural checkpoint serves the residents of Arab a-Ramadin al-Janoubi (detached from the West Bank), who pass through it to the West Bank and back to their homes. The opening hours (3 times a day) of this agricultural checkpoint are longer than usual, about an hour (recently shortened to 45 minutes), and are coordinated with the transportation hours of a-Ramadin children studying in the occupied in the West Bank.Ronit Dahan-RamatiApr-25-2025Habla Checkpoint: system of gates
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