‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 15.10.09, Afternoon
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People go through the checkpoint on their way back from work, returning to the village and to other destinations. Two soldiers check their papers before they let them through.
A young man from the village tells us that he needs to take a metal structure for stairs to the nearby marble factory, to put marble on it. He tried to take the stairs through in his car but wasn’t allowed. “No stairs,” he says, “no work”.Another man arrives from the village with a letter and a Hebrew speaker to explain to the soldiers in advance that on Monday he will have to get out in order to go to court.
We asked a resident if there were any problems at the checkpoint on the other side of ‘Azzun ‘Atma and were told that there weren’t.
'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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