‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 30.4.09, Afternoon
15.40 When we went through Shaar Shomron we saw a white van on the side of the road and next to it Palestinians who it seemed were returning from Israel…detainees. 
15.45 Azzun Atma. Workers come home from their work on the settlements. Sometimes a line forms and disappears. We did not see detainees. An army jeep arrives, goes through the gate and parks near the entrance until we go. We were not allowed to photograph the soldiers and were allowed to enter the village. "Here is Israel and there is Israel," says the soldier. We did not agree with his words. We went to the grocery shop and to the café. Here also a closure both yesterday and today…the Independence holiday of Israel.
'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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