‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla, Mon 2.1.12, Afternoon
– 3:20 Habla agricultural gate
The gate is open; few people cross in each direction, a man leads a horse, the children’s bus. Today is rainy.
Three soldiers get on the bus to inspect. Kitted out and armored from head to toe. Only two children and the driver on the bus today. That’s the operational mission of IDF soldiers.
We sit a bit with Omar to talk about the plant nursery. This evening they’re holding a private party here. Omar invited the head of the Nablus municipal council and the mayor of Qalqilya, who are friends of his, to a fish dinner.
14:30 – The municipal council of seven villages at the Zibad junction. The head of the council was no longer there when we arrived; we wanted to meet with him and find out about the permit situation for the olive harvest this year.
The roads have been repaired and upgraded; they’re unrecognizable. Prominent signs point the way to the villages, announcing their presence despite the Occupation’s efforts to conceal them.
We saw new poultry barns along the way, a new source of income, with signs from US-AID. The almond trees are blossoming! One month before Tu B’Shvat!
We drove via Funduq to Highway 55 on our way to Azzun Atma.
15:30 -16:00
We observed the Azzun Atma checkpoint. There were no lines today at this time. Workers at the adjacent laundry told us that the difficulties and congestion begin after 16:00, and continue to 17:30.
'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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