‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 16.4.09, Afternoon
17:05 Route 5, after a shift at Huwwara, on our way to the ‘Azzun ‘Atma checkpoint, we saw next to an opening in the fence, very near the village of Zawiya, an army command car. Next to it we saw a soldier pointing his rifle at a solitary Palestinian, very close to him.
Since Route 5 is a highway, and we were driving fast, we weren’t able immediately to stop nearby, so it was hard to see what was happening there. We saw a police car, driving (as we were) out of the occupied territories, that stopped by the roadside.
Not far away we saw another army command car and soldiers, as before, outside the vehicle, on the southwest side of Route 5. Some were standing, some sitting on the metal railing between the lanes (photo attached), talking to a man in civilian clothes.
17:10 ‘Azzun ‘Atma. Today, Thursday, is a bridge between the end of Passover (yesterday) and Friday. During our short stay at the checkpoint we saw no workers standing at the gate, nor behind it. We saw a child who wanted to go through and waited to receive permission, which was given (photo attached). We passed through the gate. We met children near the grocery store. They said they’re not being permitted to go to the houses on the other side of the gate. A minibus waited for passengers next to the grocery store. The workers sitting and waiting inside told us they’re coming back from work and going to their village – Sanniriya.
'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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