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‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 25.2.10, Morning

Place: 'Azzun 'Atma
Tags: Hitches at checkpoints
Observers: Esti V., and Nava A.
Feb-25-2010
| Morning

Translation: Suzanne O.


6:15 a.m. 

Over 40 workers fill the sleeve.

New at the roadblock:  2 military policemen are in the kiosk recording ID numbers.  3 soldiers who are observing them say that they are not permitted to record those leaving on paper unless there is really heavy pressure.  Perhaps someone wanted by the Shabak will infiltrate.

There is still no awning for those queuing.  It will be terrible there when the rains return.

We try to find out from the roadblock commander what the reasoning is behind the command, but he says that they are the orders.

We asked about the opening time and about the roadblock which holds up the workers on the other side of the village.  According to him the problem will be solved when the fence advances.  It will close the village on its far side and the only opening will be the one leading to the settlers' road.

What will happen to those wanting to get to work in Israel?  The army has the solution.

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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

       

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