‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 4.6.09, Morning
6.30 The sleeve in which those workers wishing to leave Azzun Atma is packed from side to side. Some say that they have been waiting an hour and others only "half" an hour. Two women soldier stand opposite the patient crowd. One checks and one guards. Now and again one of the workers is told to stand aside when the ID does not seem to be in order. Two men want to enter the village and the soldier checks the IDs and opens the gate so that they can go through and not have to push through the sleeve of those waiting. And only two weeks ago we were told that this is never done. A military jeep arrives with a NCO and two soldiers. One joins the soldiers and now one guards and three check. The NCO checks the IDs of those detained. He is not prepared to speak to us and does not understand at all why we are there.
6.50 The line has shortened considerably and we left.
'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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