‘Azzun, ‘Izbet alTabib, Falamiya North Checkpoint (914), Falamiya South Checkpoint (935)
We tarried at M.’s at Izbat Tabib. He reported that the army has been blocking the road to Azun every night and asked, half in jest, whether we couldn’t come and pass the night at the village. We also talked about the situation and how we wished it to be.
12:40 Palamiye North (914)
Three tractors and a few cars were already waiting, some to pass to their plots beyond the fence and some to collect and transport the people who were returning to their villages.
It was already reported that the CP had been altered: There is a paved passage that is opened in the morning. The big gate for the passage of vehicles in the western fence isn’t situated directlyopposite the gate in the eastern fence. The Slalom maneuver between them is very difficult for long vehicles and for tractors with large carts.The vehicle queue gets longer T
12:45 The CP hasn’t been opened; no soldiers to be seen.
12:55 More tractors and vans arrive, and the queue becomes longer and longer. At the humanitarian center they transfer me to the person responsible for the sector. “There is a delay, there was a security incident”.
13:00 A single military vehicle arrives. Four soldiers open the gates. The passage runs smoothly. First the pedestrians pass and then the vehicles. Some of the tractors pull carts loaded with sacks of za’atar and other produce.
13:17 The CP emptied and we left to reach the Palamiye South (935) CP. At the intersection a young driver stopped us with hooting. One of my tireshad only a little air. When he saw our helplessness, he quickly changed the tire. He practically saved us. We continued, in spite of the puddles and the mud, found the CP still open but except for the soldiers there wasn’t anybody there.
On the way back we passed by Z. at Azun, with a laden car. He was glad to see us but it was sad to see that the trembling of his arms was very strong. I hope that the operation he underwent will better his condition.
'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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'Izbet a-Tabib
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'Izbet a-Tabib
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Falamiya North (914)
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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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