‘Azzun ‘Atma, Tue 24.11.09, Afternoon
General remark: its a cold and wet day. Maybe that is the reason there is little traffic on the roads and at the checkpoints
14:40'Azzun 'Atma – It is quiet at the checkpoint. A few people exit and enter after their I.D. cards have been checked. We want to enter but the female soldier tells us that we are not allowed to pass. Because of the rain we do not argue. An army jeep is coming through the gate. A lieutenant getting out of the jeep tells us that we are not allowed to stand close by the checkpoint and that we have to move away. Since we intend to leave anyway we do not argue and drive away.
'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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