‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 5.11.09, Morning
The 'Azzun 'Atma checkpoint has been transformed into a border crossing.
06:20
There are very few workers wanting to leave 'Azzun 'Atma waiting in the wire-fenced sleeve. Two soldiers are manning the checkpoint. A Military Policewoman sits inside the booth. The soldiers copy the ID number from every ID card onto a sheet of paper. They say that, after the rush hour, they will transmit all the information to the computer. In this way, they know, so they say, who the workers were who went out today for work and who actually returned in the evening. Whoever does not return through the inspection point on the way home will lose his exit permit. They feel that, since this is the gate to Israel, they must behave as though they are on the international border.
'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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