‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 29.7.10, Morning
Translation: Suzanne O.
Azun Atma
6:20 a.m.
We drove onto the road leading to the agricultural gate. The gate was locked and there was no one in the watch tower, not even a soldier asleep. Possibly he will open the gate nearer the olive picking season.
At the Azun Atma roadblock the sergeant 'runs' the crossing efficiently. While two labourers are being inspected by the military police in the booth, two others are already being called to wait at the edge of the lane so that the sleeve with those waiting in it clears swiftly.
Since a turnstile has been built at the edge of the sleeve it is once again impossible to cross through it into the village. The sergeant calls those returning to show him their documents (while he is directing the traffic) and allows them to cross on their own through the door in the mesh fence.
As we have said more than once – where there is good will even the bad roadblock can improve – until it is removed completely.
[One of the labourers told us about his daughter who had completed her secondary education with honours and who is looking for a grant to enable her to attend university. Has anyone any ideas? His telephone number can be obtained from Esti V.]
'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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