'Azzun, Falamiya, Falamiya North Checkpoint (914), Falamiya South Checkpoint (935)
12:00 At the entrance to Azun there is a military jeep. The yellow arm is open.
We turned to Falamiya. We were early and entered the shed near the water well. The man responsible for the water pump and his grandson were sitting there. He is 82 years old. Has been responsible for the pump for 56 years. At night either he or his grandson sleep in the shed. All the villages in the region get water from this well.
Falamiya North 914 Checkpoint
At the left is the gate for pedestrians.
12:50 The military vehicle arrives and the gates are opened.
Leaving: 5 tractors, on each of which there are 3-4 Palestinians, and 12 pedestrians.
Entering: One private car.
The vehicles are loaded with za’ater and lemons.
We ask how one works in the field when one fasts. “When one believes it is not difficult to fast” one of them answers.
We meet a nice soldier who speaks Arabic, is very polite and even sees to it that we drink water.
13:10 Everybody passes and the gates are closed.
Falamiya South 935
13:20 – The military vehicle is already here. A young man is waiting for his brother. The traffic is sparse. Two tractors and one truck come out.
We drive to Azun. At Z.’s shop there is a new outdoor stove – taboun. All the merchandise has been transferred to his wife’s shop and he is happy with the change he made in his life.
When we leave the military vehicle is still there.
Finally we make a short visit at the plant nursery near Habla.
'Azzun
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Azoun (updated February 2019)
A Palestinian town situated in Area B (under civil Palestinian control and Israeli security control),
on road 5 between Nablus and Qalqiliya, east of Nabi Elias village. The inhabitants are allowed to construct and improve infrastructures. The Separation Fence has confiscated lands belonging to the town's people. In 2018 olive tree groves owned by one of its inhabitants were confiscated for the sake of paving a road to bypass Nabi Elias. Azoun population numbers 13,000, its economic state dire. Its infrastructures are poor, neglect and poverty rampant. In the meantime, the town council has completed paving an internal road for the inhabitants' welfare.
Because of its proximity to the Jewish settler-colony of Karnei Shomron and its outposts, the town suffers the intense presence of the Israeli army, especially at nighttime: soldiers enter homes, arrest suspects, trash the house and sometimes ruin it, as they do in numerous places in the West Bank. At times a checkpoint closes the entrance to the town, so no one can come in or get out.
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Falamiya
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Falamiya North (914) Opens 3 times a day for about 40 minutes each time. This checkpoint has extremely important for all farmers in the area since the previous, Falamya checkpoint opening routine of continuously open for 12 hours has been discontinued. This took place after the separation fence was moved westward following the High Court of Justice.
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Falamiya South (935)
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