‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 28.1.10, Morning
06.25 ‘Azzun. A short line of Palestinians is waiting to be checked in the net column. Drivers waiting for workers tell us that at the checkpoint on the other side there is a crowd of hundreds and consequently workers do not reach this checkpoint.
There is a woman officer and two pleasant women soldiers as well as a military policeman in the cubicle. The soldiers say that it was decided not to open the checkpoint at 04:00 because by 05.30 they will dehydrated. Now that they open later tremendous pressure builds up at the second checkpoint. They heard that there had been blows there (Palestinians fighting over places in the line). They say they don’t determine policy, they report on the situation to their superiors, and express their opinion but do not have much influence.
'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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