‘Azzun ‘Atma, Wed 1.7.09, Morning
‘Azzun ‘Atma
06:50 A number of laborers are still stuck at the checkpoint. Only one soldier inspecting and next to him a Seam Line volunteer who tried to chase us away.
The laborers complained that the checkpoint has been crowded since it opened this morning, because only one soldier is inspecting.
We called the Qalqilya DCO, complained and asked them to reinforce the shifts to prevent delays and crowding. They told us they’d look into it!
Moreover, according to earlier information, a new (delusional) regulation was supposed to be implemented today, that even people working in the nearby settlements won’t be allowed to go through this checkpoint and wait for their employers, but will have to go to Eyal. It didn’t happen, but there are still stubborn rumors to that effect.
'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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