‘Azzun, Imatin, Kufr alDik
09:30 Azzun – About fifteen women arrived at the club. As our suggestion to begin with Yoga exercises was welcomed by the coordinators of last week, we checked again with the women themselves whether they were interested in the program, and who would participate. We had a list of about ten women, and next week Sarah K. will open the activity, parallel to the handicraft.
The rest of the meeting was consecrated by Dafna and Sarah A. to laying the foundations for the study of Hebrew. First by familiarizing them with the language, then the basic vocabulary and then the study of a song in Hebrew and its translation into Arabic . The women promised to teach an Arabic song at the next meeting.
09:45 At the exit from Azzun, near a storeroom in one of the suburbs, we saw the distribution of flour by the UNRRA people to inhabitants considered '48 refugeees'. It is known that all over the West Bank there is a support net of UNRRA for the Palestinians who were expelled or forced to flee from their houses and arrived at the West Bank as a result of the 1948 War.
10:00 Imatin, Nurit reporting: " Sara and myself entered the class at Imatin. Today I counted 11 women who arrived for our activity. After Sara's absence for three weeks, there was surprise and joy to see her back. Surprise and joy were also expressed at seeing N. who was also absent for a few weeks owing to a family visit in Jordan. We began the lesson with a conversation about the extended family which lives in Jordan, and comparisons between their dwelling place and Imatin. After that we worked on a reading page which I had prepared for the lesson.
When the Yoga lesson under Sara's guidance began, I continued working with N. and R. on the reading page on which we worked in class the previous week. I was impressed by the women's motivation to complete what needed completion".
10:15 Dvorka and Nadim toured Revava and Hares on road 5066 in the direction of road no. 5 and from there in the direction of Bruqin and Kufr alDik. The roads and streets at the villages are almost empty and seem tranquil! All along the way we didn't see the army, exept a military command car which passed us near Hares, and one which was parked at noon at the entrance to Azzun.
Near Kedumim settlement there stood a fire extinguishing vehicle and three firemen who stood near it. Smoke rose from behind the bushes and Nadim's guess was that this was a fire extinguishing maneuver.
Driving on the road which goes through Bruqin one can see the progress of the building on the ridge opposite, between the settlements Baruchin and Alei Zahav. Until not long ago a group of grey houses without plaster and roofs stood out there, today the red roofs have been added. On our way back we saw Israeli flags fluttering on the ridge near the settlement of Baruhin.
11:15 After a visit to the women's club coordinator in the village of alDik, we saw from road 5066 preparations for the building of a new road to the settlement of Immanuel. We won't be surprised if the new road will be built on the lands of Haris or other villages in the vicinity. It seems that the road is intended to shorten the approach to the settlement, and to arrive straight to the water reservoir on top of the hill.
'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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Imatin
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Imatin This village lies in the West Bank, 19 kilometers southwest of Nablus city and 23 kilometers east of the city of Qalqiliya. Its inhabitants' number 799, all members of four families from the neighboring village of Imatin. Far’ata is identified with the Biblical Far’atoun, and an archeological survey has identified findings on a timeline from the Second Iron Age until the days of the Ottoman Empire. After the Oslo Accords, the built-up area of the village was categorized as Area B, but 80% of its farmlands were classified as Area C. In 2002, settlers founded the outpost of Havat Gil’ad, which they claim is located on privately-owned land purchased by the Zar family. The Palestinians claim they own the land. The Civil Administration has issued demolition orders for all the structures in this outpost and they were declared illegal, but nothing was done about it. On February 4, 2018, the Israeli government unanimously ruled to regulate this outpost by defining it as a new settlement or by erecting a new settlement next to it. Beginning in 2012, the Palestinian Authority ruled to include Far’ata in the local council of Imatin, a larger community. For further information: http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/immatin_vp_en.pdf
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Kufr a-Dik
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Kufr a-Dik This is a Palestinian village in the Salfit district of the West Bank, located 8 kilometers east of the Green Line. The village population numbers 4,494 (as of 2007). 14.5% of the village were included in Area B (supposedly under Palestinian civil control) and 86% categorized as Area C – meaning both civil and military Israeli control, which severely affects the state of the village and its inhabitants. Over the years Israel has robbed 1,448 dunams from the village’s farmlands for the sake of building the settler-colonies of Penuel, Alei Zahav, Yoezer, Har Alei Zahav, and the industrial zone next to Penuel. Lands were also sequestered for the paving of Road 446 whose length stretches over 4 kilometers and includes a buffer zone 75-meters wide on both its sides. Following the paving of the road, the village has suffered not only landgrab but home demolitions and the destruction of water wells as well. Rates of unemployment in both the private and the public sectors reach 60%. In the years 2010-2013 creative activity was held by members of MachsomWatch and women of the village. For further information: http://vprofile.arij.org/salfit/pdfs/vprofile/Kafr%20ad%20Dik_tp_en.pdf
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