‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 21.5.09, Morning
'Azzun 'Atma
06:20 The construction of the checkpoint continues, but there isn’t much of an improvement. The wide gate is closed and locked and a fenced in passage is being built for people entering and exiting. The fortified inspection booth isn’t operating yet. There’s a problem – all the workers trying to leave the village crowd into the fenced passageway and fill it up. When someone wants to enter the village he has to push his way through the workers crowding around the opening.
06:30 A military vehicle calls so the gate will be opened for it. The soldier stands ready. A woman with two young pupils wants to enter the village. We asked the soldier to check her documents and let her go through the vehicle gate but that, of course, is against the rules. The result – the woman and the children are crushed amidst the workers crowding the passage while all of them rub against her. Israel’s security has been preserved.
'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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