‘Azzun ‘Atma, Sun 25.5.08, Morning
05.05
The checkpoint is working and a driver says it opened at 4.30 and not
at 5.00. The driver says that it is thanks to us. The truth is we got
there half an hour after it had opened.
5.15 A
young boy is returned to the village as he does not have an ID yet and
is told to bring his father. But his father is still sleeping. Yarden
the commander allows him to pass. Besides him are a few people who pass
without unnecessary delays.
5.30
25 people in line and more coming. The reason is a boy who has a
problem with his ID. Someone already passed that morning with his ID
and there is a fear that there has been a forgery. The commander
Y(arden) calls him and allows him to pass.
5.33 35 people in line. Yarden opens another side line and in a few minutes the line is cleared.
5.50 Again 25 people and again another line is open and soon there is no pressure.
We leave at 6.00
'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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