‘Azzun ‘Atma, Wed 20.8.08, Afternoon
17:15 – This time we arrive at Azzun Atme from the direction of Israel and take a cab to the checkpoint. There is no one there, no cars and no pedestrians, except for the soldiers. Little by little a few pedestrians arrive from the direction of the village. As usual, they have to pass one by one. Cars also arrive from that direction and they pass after a brief documents check. No line is created save for two or three vehicles. Once in a while a car arrives from the direction of the territories and enters after a brief inspection. This time we are not prevented from entering the checkpoint area.
17:30 – Some time later more pedestrians arrive from the direction of the village. Since the soldiers let the vehicles pass first, the people get into the cars to avoid the long wait for the inspection.
17:45 – We leave the checkpoint. Three vehicles are waiting to leave the village and one car is at the entrance.
'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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