‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 17.12.09, Morning
Azzun Atma
6.20 Two comparatively short lines of
workers. Their permits are only for the settlements in the area but of
course they can get to any place. Of course there is the problem that they may
get caught. When they exit they make sure to be registered so as to get
back according to their permits. There is a volunteer here for the seamline, a
very nice Jewish man, truly nice.
6.40 Next to the entrance to Beit Ariyeh is a
rolling checkpoint.
The passage at Beit Furik . There is no one there.
One could get to Nablus.
Huwwara. 7.30 Two taxis are stopped . The
dogtrainer and dog search one and it is freed. The other is stopped because
there are young people. It has to go back to Nablus and one of the people remains to be
checked. We asked the DCO representative about the" "Activities"
of the settlers of Har Bracha. He says that when the command to freeze the
settlements was issued they came down and "made a confusion in the
area."
The crossroad of Tapuah. 8.00 At the parking lot
the lights of the blue police are flashing. With a loudspeaker they call taxis
which come to the checkpoint to them to have their licenses checked. When we
asked they said that they were only traffic police.
'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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