‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 22.7.10, Morning
Translation: Suzanne O.
During the shift it was impossible not to notice that the military presence in the area has increased, mainly vehicles parked at junctions and at the sides of roads but also snap roadblocks.
Azun Atma southern roadblock
6:30 a.m.
It is full of labourers at the start of a day's work. At the roadblock there are two queues – one to get through the turnstile and the second via the gate for vehicles through which pedestrians also crossed. There are about 15 people in each queue, progressing at an even pace with no obvious problems. Each person crossing is inspected and recorded. After the vehicle queue emptied, the gate is closed and only the crossing via the turnstile is left open. The soldiers beckon the waiting men to cross, one at a time, and they are inspected by soldiers on both sides of the booth.
Each Palestinian who crosses the roadblocks waits on the other side of the road to be collected for the day's work. Among them are three children selling figs which they offer to each vehicle that stops at the side of the road.
'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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