‘Azzun ‘Atma, Mon 17.11.08, Morning
Two cars at the entrance
to Israel. Few workers are passing through in straight order supervised
by a supervisor appointed by the Palestinians. We see other workmen
coming toward the checkpoint.
Thulat, Siniriya and Beit Amin, the streets of which were still empty
of people. In Kafr Thulat a wide street had been constructed, with
pavements and landscaping American style, and in an outrageous
conrast a little further on – a huge rubbish dump, smouldering.
carousels which are not working. Apparently there is a technical
problem, and a few minutes later the commander moves the Palestinians
through the gate. The queue forms and everything is done quietly
without shouting or rebuking.
repaired and the people are moved again to go through the carousels.
Again the commander does is without shouting or pressure. We counted 20
minutes of waiting at the entrance queue, ie although it takes less
than a minute for a person to go through , when there are a lot of
people one waits a long time. We were told that yesterday (Sunday)
there had been very long queues and they waited a very long time. They
asked us to come more often.
'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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