‘Azzun ‘Atma, Tue 19.1.10, Afternoon
'Azzun 'Atma
We arrived at about 13:45 just at the ”changing of the guard”. It looked as if the boys were being replaced by the girls as a lot of good looking IDF female soldiers reported for duty.This check point fences in the village as well as a number of surrounding villages. It is a very busy point of exit very early in the morning when people leave for work and again in the late afternoon when they return. In between the inhabitants activities proceed, such as re-provisioning with necessary things for daily living, such as food supplies, utensils, electronics, replacement parts, as well as equipment of all sorts to ensure as good a life as possible, given the conditions of prolonged occupation under which these people live. We observed a father being refused exit since he appeared to be without the necessary ID, but his young son was allowed to leave in order to get on to perform the chores he was entrusted with. This seemed as helpful as it can get. Of course the IDF personnel who man these checkpoints are not to be envied either, since they work in primitive and frequently boring conditions.
'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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