‘Azzun ‘Atma, Thu 9.4.09, Morning
In the morning the road was practically empty (or did we still have a hangover after the four cups) when we passed Azzun Atma.
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The new checkpoint is completely empty with not even one Palestinian there. Two bored soldiers from the Home Front Command (Pikud Haoref) stand next to the small cement blocks. They tell us about new orders. According to them from now on those who have work permits for Israel can go through the new checkpoint and will not have to go the roundabout way to Eyal. This must be checked when the factories will be opened after the holiday. They said nothing about the closure.
About 100 metres to the west there is another checkpoint for agricultural vehicles wanting to exit Azzun Atma. Here again are soldiers from the Seam Area Command and a military vehicle. There also no Palestinians were waiting. 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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