‘Azzun ‘Atma, Mon 8.3.10, Morning
Translator: Charles K.
06:50
About 50 people on line to exit. Inspection is rapid, about a minute each. A few minutes later a police car arrived, with a policeman and policewoman who, while seated in the vehicle, signaled to those who’d already been inspected to come over and present their documents for inspection. In answer to Zehava’s question why the repeated inspection, they replied that the inspection at the checkpoint is for security purposes, and they’re doing a sample check of criminal warrants.
At 07:10 Nina Saba called Yael to tell her that she’s at the northern side of the village, the gate is open and there’s free passage. Five cars waiting at the exit from Nablus. A soldier, and then the checkpoint commander, asked us to stand behind the position at the entrance to the parking lot. We tried to argue, but eventually moved.
'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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