‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla, Jayyus
Jayyus, ‘Azzun ‘Atma north, Habla, Mon. AM, 1.9.14
Observers: Shoshana Z., (Photos), Nina S. (reporting)
Translator: Judith Green
06:30 Jayyus north
The gate opened late, at 06:20, and many people were waiting in line, with various vehicles: a cart with a donkey, a tractor and several vans. The passage was swift, and at 06:40 all had gone through and the gate closed. It was supposed to have been open from 06:00 to 06:30! The local people said that it only opened at 07:20 yesterday; everyone simply stood and waited. It turned out that those supposed to open it are frequently called upon to fix problems along the fence and then are late in opening the gate. The old gate is still in operation and they "threaten" to open the new one in the middle of the month. This will assist some of the people, while others will have to make a huge detour in order to get to their orchards. As usual, each positive event includes something bad along with it.
07:30 ‘Azzun ‘Atma north
We traveled there because we heard that there were problems in the passage of students in the morning, those going from Beit Amin to the school in ‘Azzun ‘Atma. Last week, the problems were solved after the Ecumenical escorts called the DCO and the hotline. Today, it was quiet and the students went through after inspection of their documents and bags. It seems that the problems were caused by the opening of the school year last week and it took time until the soldiers understood that these students needed to get to ‘Azzun ‘Atma. There are about 60 of them. On the other hand, after we arrived it seemed that the soldiers would improve the inspections, but then they started to race along the fence and the gate closed again. After they returned, empty-handed (not clear why they ran, but a rumor says that settlers reported that they had seen people in their orchards beyond the checkpoint and thus they activated the soldiers ) the checkpoint still did not open and the soldiers could be seen sitting at their ease. Our phone calls to the DCO and the office caused the gates to open again after 15 minutes. The EAPPI who were there said that today, since 06:00 the gate had closed 4 times, each time for about 10 minutes, seemingly for the same reasons.
We continued to Habla for a short visit; naturally, the gate was closed at this hour and the solar pump was still operating and had not been replaced by the electric one!
'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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Jayyus North (935)
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