‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 4.9.08, Afternoon
17:15 The entrance to Azun from road 55, is open.
On the way from Isbet Tabib we see a taxi is detained by a military jeep..
17:25 Eliyahu Passage:
We were permitted to enter as "settlers", despite the fact that the flags on our cars proved that we are not settlers.
18:00 Azun Atme
The checkpoint is nearly empty. As we approach the checkpoint about 15 meters away,a soldier tells the workers to move back till we leave. We try to approach the check point from the other side, the soldiers close the gate till we turn back.
A young couple with a baby go up to the soldier. The soldier shouts "one at a time” and tells the woman to go back.
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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