‘Azzun ‘Atma, Haris, Thu 17.11.11, Morning
Watchers: Nora R., Chana P. (reporter)
Translation: Suzanne O.
Azzun Atma
There was uproar at the roadblock yesterday so we decided to go there.
6:30 a.m.
There is an extremely long queue which is joined by other people all the time. At both inspection windows where ID numbers are listed there is also a military policeman who checks everyone with a magnometer, the pace is slow.
Reserve soldiers are positioned at the roadblock. We talked to the roadblock commander and protested at the slow pace. Because of us, or maybe not, a military policewoman was posted to list ID numbers and the pace accelerated. When we passed by a second time, after 7 a.m., there was no queue.
Haris
8:30 a.m.
We talked to two building labourers who waved at us. The house by the building site was in ruins and when we asked the reason for the destruction they said, Jews.
Deir Istiya
9:00 a.m.
We stopped by a group of men sitting together at the entrance to one of the houses. They all said that for a long time they have been refused entrance to Israel by the Shabak, are unemployed and have been unable to get work permits for Israel. We suggested that they contact Sylvia. One of them had a touching story: his mother was injured in a traffic accident and cared for in a hospital in Israel. For the last three months before she died he was unable to visit her. In addition the compensation due to her from the insurance company Sahar was stopped but they have not received the money.
From there we drove home via Al Funduq.
'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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Haris
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Haris
The village has 4,500 people and they have 5,000 dunams of land. The entrance to the village is blocked and opened arbitrarily, without informing the residents.The village has a seasonal checkpoint that blocks the road to the agricultural land and this checkpoint opens once a year! 2,500-3,000 dunams were stolen from the village in order to build the settlements of Revava and Netafim, which are located west of Haris.
The center of the village is Area B and around Area C. The population grows but the occupation does not permit new construction in Area C.
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