‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla
‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla
A regular day under the occupation and the sisyphic crossings at the checkpoints, when even if the soldiers do not abuse the people who cross but treat them humanely, the daily nightmare of having to cross the checkpoint never ends.
06:10 ‘Azzun ‘Atma – More than 40 people are waiting in line, but they pass through relatively quickly. We measure the time, 20 minutes. An army policeman tries to persuade us to move backwards. He insists– he is expecting inspection today. We refuse politely. There is no inspection before we leave.
07:05 Habla –The childrens' bus is driven with the teachers from Habla towards Arab-Ramadin. It returns 20 minutes later to Habla with the children. The checkpoint opens late (at 07:00 instead of 6:30). We complain to the DCO. At least, the delay will be documented and hopefully next time they will open on time. The pump is still working on diesel oil but nobody can give us any information on the matter. At least, it is raining now, so the lack of water is not as urgent.
At 07:00 there is no longer any line. People, including wagons and horses, bicycles, vans and private cars cross as they arrive. At 07:58 the gates close. They open again when a man from the plant nursery on his way to Habla arrives. Then the gates close again.
'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.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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