‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla, Jayyus
06:00 ‘Azzun Atma
There were surprisingly few people at the checkpoint when we arrived. We asked the soldiers (who’d come over to talk on their own initiative); they said the MP’s are letting people through quickly, without delays. In fact, the soldiers conducting the inspections worked with no unnecessary delays. But, and perhaps because the checkpoint wasn’t crowded, when the night shift workers from the Hanson factory arrived and walked directly to the entry gate to their village, as usual, the female soldiers sent them back, demanding they form a nice line and undergo the bureaucratic procedure one by one: ID card, permit, fingerprint. The DCL representative also stood at the gate; he approached us to talk a bit, sent regards to Tami. It was also important for one of the soldiers to exchange a few words with us and have a discussion about the checkpoint’s importance. The soldiers are from an artillery unit. Apparently the army must sometimes refresh those stationed here and include among the checkpoint defenders soldiers from various military corps and units.
07:00 Habla
Few were crossing today here also, though as closing time approached their number increased slightly. The MP on guard outside the emplacement chooses one or two men from each group of five coming through inspection for an additional check: “You…you…come here…” Usually all five approach because they’re not sure who he means; he sends some through and again inspects the IDs and bags of food of those selected. It’s obvious the possibility this procedure is humiliating doesn’t occur to any of the soldiers. The Palestinians have apparently gotten used to it as well (or pretend to). But no-one gets off scot-free: our amusing, Hebrew-speaking friend arrives with his flock of sheep. The sheep and bellwether aren’t sufficiently familiar with the problems involved in a “border crossing” and pass between the gates, followed by the shepherd. And then it turns out that they hadn’t really received permission, and the MP calls to the Palestinian, asks for his ID, takes the permit and orders him to bring the flock back by 8:00 in order to get his permit back. No argument availed; the shepherd ran to turn the flock around back to Habla…
We took the wrong road and instead of reaching Falamiya we wound up at the Jayyus agricultural gate that’s not open at this hour+ (08:45).
'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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Jayyus North (935)
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