‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 15.7.10, Morning
Azun Atma
Translation: Suzanne O.
The children are already selling purple figs.
On Road 5, even before the turning to Azun Atma and the settlement Elkana, the police have put up a makeshift roadblock. A number of police vehicles hold up the traffic. A vehicle with Israeli number plates is parked on the shoulder of the road, the driver who looks 'eastern/oriental', stands outside his vehicle. The police found a heavy pole in his boot and he now has to explain its use.
6:20 a.m.
By the Azun Atma gate the sleeve for those queuing is quite full. There are two military policemen in the checkpoint but they seem to be working slowly.
The commander is not prepared to open a manual checkpoint.
However, the iron barrier is not locked and those returning to the village do not need an IDF escort to open it.
'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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