‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla
05:50 Azzun Atma/”Fabric of life” gate
On the way we saw a police car parked next to a hole in the fence near the checkpoint. People who’d crossed through the checkpoint warm themselves around a fire.
When we arrived at the checkpoint its commander, a sergeant, approached us demanding we leave the checkpoint area. We told him our job is to see what goes on within the area of the checkpoint. He said, “I don’t care, and I’d rather not say what I think of you.”
About 100 people at the checkpoint; the line isn’t getting shorter.
We asked a female soldier for the bathroom; the checkpoint commander jumped in to tell us to go to the houses of our Palestinian friends. The commander was extremely and demonstratively hostile during the entire time we were there, and even threatened to call the police because we didn’t obey him, but instead remained standing where we could see what was happening at the checkpoint.
A military vehicle entered through the checkpoint gate, apparently on its way to the other end of the village.
Suddenly inspections stopped. Nora moved from where she stood and the commander began screaming at her that she’s not allowed to move.
07:00 Habla/Agricultural gate 1393
The gate already opened at 06:30; the line is short; people arrive and immediately enter for inspection. Horse carts come through. The school buses didn’t arrive. It turns out the teachers are on strike.
We didn’t know why the line was short, though there had been hints during our last visit. We tried to find out at the plant nursery. We were told that some people with permits to work their land had used them to enter Israel. That made the line longer, caused disorder on the line and made the laborers late for their jobs. The employers complained to the DCO. The IDF established an additional, mobile checkpoint beyond the agricultural area and confiscated the permits.
We were told about another group of people called “kor’anim” (they’re said to resemble gypsies) who travel by horse cart and steal from Arab and Jewish localities.
'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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