‘Azzun ‘Atma, Habla, Qalqiliya, Tue 13.3.12, Afternoon
Habla
– 13:55.
The gate is open; a Palestinian man who had been detained sits on the ground next to the inspection room. The gate closed at 14:15, the man was released and went into Habla so we weren’t able to talk to him. We asked the soldiers why he was detained; “There’s genocide in Syria,” they replied. One of the female soldiers began yelling at the others not to talk to us.
Izbet Tabib
– 14:35.
We went to Musa Tabib’s home; he’s one of the residents on whose land high tension power lines were erected. The land is near the plant nurseries at the entrance to Qalqilya. Musa said the court rejected their petition, and their lawyer isn’t willing to appeal to the Supreme Court. The lawyer represents the Palestinian Authority; Musa thinks that the Authority is coordinating with the Israeli government. As it happens, the lawyer is my cousin; yesterday I saw him and asked about the case. He said there’s no point in going to the Supreme Court, because the power lines benefit the residents. The Electric Company is increasing electricity supply to the Palestinian localities, and the Supreme Court will deny the petition if the activity is for the benefit of the residents. They’re planning to hire a lawyer privately.
Huwwara – 15:00. Nothing special.
Azzun Atma – 16:10.
A very long line; about 70 people waited and more kept arriving, but everyone was inspected quickly. The soldiers asked who we are; when we told them we’re members of a human rights organization opposing the occupation they said that no human rights are being violated here. “We let the Palestinians come through, give them jobs, enable them to make a living, and we have to inspect them to protect Israelis. Look at what they’re doing in Gaza. Our government wants to make peace, and they’re bombarding us.” We didn’t keep arguing. The line became much shorter and we left.
'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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Qalqiliya checkpoint
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Qalqilya is surrounded on all sides by the separation barrier. The only exit from the city is in the east of the city on the road that leaves the city in an easterly direction. This is where the checkpoint was located. When the checkpoint was active until 2009 our shifts watched long queues of cars being inspected at the only exit from the city to the West Bank. The checkpoint was canceled, but there is a military presence at the entrance to the city.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Azzun: Enclosed by a high fence and the gate to the village is closed
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