‘Azzun ‘Atma, Mon 31.8.09, Morning
‘Azzun ‘Atma, Monday 31.8.09, morning
05.40 At the southern gate 20 workers waiting for transport. The checkpoint is empty.
05.55 At the northern gate, car entrance: the drivers get out of cars and enter on foot, leave their documents with the soldiers and then fetch their cars.
About 10 workers are at the pedestrian entrance. A taxi driver who brought us back to the south checkpoint tells us that only workers for the three settlements Elkana, Ganei Tikvah and Etz Ephraim, are allowed entry. According to him there are far fewer workers because of Ramadan and also conditions have been eased.
06.10 At the southern checkpoint, there are 5 workers.
'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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