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Corona Times Report: Deir al Ghusun
Place:
Deir al-Ghusun CP (623)
Observers: Mickey F transfers a phone report
On the phone, I heard from J. that the agricultural checkpoints are closed, and only about 5 large nursery owners have a special permit to cross over to their nurseries with their workers. All other farmers are not permitted to pass. In the meantime, he knows of no Corona-virus infected people in the village. Most people keep out of the streets, but there is traffic inside the village.
Deir al-Ghusun CP (623)
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Deir al-Ghusun CP (623) and 'Atil (609) Here these ‘gates’ agricultural checkpoints - are open all year round, 3 times a day, so the village farmers cross them to reach their 2,200 dunams that were separated by the Separation Fence and left in the seam-zone. the Fence itself grabbed 300 more dunams of their land. Depending on opening times, the area’s farmers use these checkpoints alternately. The Israeli army has threatened with the closure of these checkpoints as collective punishment if any breaks of the fence or climbing over it were detected. The main complaints of the Palestinians here are about not being issued sufficient permits for farmworkers in spite of the large farmlands behind the fence. We have documented several cases of miserable conduct: a fire broke out in one of the storage areas, but firefighters were not allowed to reach it in time. another example: During olive harvest for a few days it is open for all day, but at the same time, they placed concrete blocks against vehicles, prevent basic agricultural work.
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