‘Azzun ‘Atma, Tue 16.6.09, Afternoon
‘Azzun ‘Atma
It is 17:00 and we don't see a single person. We approach the soldiers' shed and ask if there are any new regulations here. No. Everything is well organized to imprison ‘Azzun ‘Atma between fences, gates, a path bordered by wire fences, which were improved since the last time we were here.
Little by little the residents of ‘Azzun return from their day. They line up obediently all by themselves to wait for the soldiers to motion with their fingers from a distance of 2 meters; afterwards, the soldiers will look around in their bags, check their ID, their permit, certify that the photo on the ID matches their tired faces, and wave them forward with a flick of their hands.
'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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