‘Azzun ‘Atma, Wed 25.3.09, Afternoon
18:00 – Azzun Atma Checkpoint
Our I.D. cards were taken as soon as we arrived. The traffic was very light. The checkpoint commander, a Border Policeman, explained to us very politely that the number of residents of Azzun Atma has increased from 2000 – 7000. Since the village is in the center of the country people can go in and out freely: in other words they are not thoroughly checked. The residents must present ID cards and are let through. Workers who have permits are allowed to work throughout Israel. and whoever does not can go to five different places: Nahal Raven, Elkana, Etz Ephraim, Shaarei Tikva, and Oranit. Because of the village's location effort is being made to issue all the residents blue Israeli ID cards.
The commander uses his own judgment and is very considerate and knows the people and their work places. While we were there residents who went through did not have to wait, were not checked, and only presented their ID cards showing that they live in Azzun Atma.
'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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