‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla
Habla Checkpoint, 06:25
The gate is supposed to open at 06:00 and people are waiting, but the 8 soldiers arrive only at 06:40 and leisurely prepare to open the gates. Crossing began only at 06:45. The shepherd who usually crosses with his herd of sheep waited in vain, and complained that he has not been allowed to take his flock across for a month. The same situation exists regarding the flock that used to cross at the Azun Atma wall.
The shepherd described the situation to us. Kalkilya, a city with 100,000 residents, is crowded and closed off. It has two gates that are open only for limited times. The shepherd called our attention to the fact that the head of the Liaison and Coordination Administration at Ephraim, Safa, is with the workers who are entering. Nura called him and he promised to call back.
We talked to the people coming out who told us that in the past few days the inspection crew was abusive and some of the people had to return from where they had come. They complained to the head of the Liaison and Coordination Administration who came, and after that things moved along more quickly. When we saw that time was running out and Safa did not call us back we called him and he answered, "I'm at work now."
We had planned to go to Azun Atma, but when we saw that he was delayed, we left at 07:40. We were in a hurry. Traffic was already heavy and by the time we got to the gate the soldiers had already closed it. We were only able to do half the work we had come to do.
'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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