Imatin
On the way to Im'matin, at the entrance to ‘Izbet alTabib, we noticed an armored military vehicle partly blocking the entrance to the village.
We reached Im'matin an hour late because we first visited the women’s club in ‘Azzun.
The women in Im'matin awaited us patiently in the classroom.
They were seated in a semicircle when we arrived. When I glanced at the blackboard behind me I noticed the women’s names written in Hebrew. They’d practiced while waiting.
During class we discussed why we hadn’t met last week when it had rained.
Then, instead of a lesson, I talked about what I’d seen on my tour that morning with Nadim. We used the account to practice the past tense of verbs.
The atmosphere was good, accompanied by laughter.
At 12:00 Sarah began the yoga class, which also lasted an hour.
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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