‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 23.4.09, Morning
'Azzun 'Atma, 07:00 We arrived after rush hour was over, and now it’s the time that school pupils go through. They’re ordered to line up, and two brave female soldiers check their transit permissions. Every child has three pieces of paper, some of them in plastic sleeves.I don’t know how many families live on the other side of the fence, but the children have to rise early.
I asked the commander whether she doesn’t have a bitter taste in her mouth when, for the sake of Israel’s security, she has to detain six- and seven-year-olds on their way to school. Her answer: I live my country and the army and I have to carry out my obligations as a soldier. I won’t violate orders. After an annoying follow-up question, she said: That’s why I went to a commanders’ course, so I could command a checkpoint and use my judgment when running it.
The Israeli contractors waited on the other side of the road for the workers who hadn’t yet gone through the checkpoint. Everything was quiet and peaceful, as if ordained by fate.I’m afraid of the day the volcano will erupt.
'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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