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‘Azzun ‘Atma, Sun 12.7.09, Morning

Place: 'Azzun 'Atma
Observers: Yael B., Ditza Y. (reporting), Translator: Judith G.
Jul-12-2009
| Morning

‘Azzun ‘Atma  

07:20  On the other side of the checkpoint there are about 10 Palestinians sitting, waiting for their employers.The checkpoint is empty.  One soldier and one female soldier are sitting in the hut.  The soldier looks tired, red-eyed.  Both of them are lucky that there are no people at the checkpoint, since they checked everyone going out very quickly.  A small child, about 5 or 6, goes through the checkpoint.  He pays no attention to the soldiers, as they pay none to him.  No one else went through the checkpoint for the 10 minutes we stayed there. 

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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

       

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