Ornit, Habla, Azzun - introductory tour
After an introductory tour and explanation about the settlements and the obstacles of the separation and the agricultural gates in the area of Elkana and Oranit, we travelled northward on highway #444. At the junction with highway #55, one can see the large scale work for paving the continuation of #444, right next to the separation wall which surrounds Qalqilya.
We paid a short visit with Z., who is waiting for an operation which will take place next week.
We arrived at the Habla checkpoint at 13:30; 3 private cars, a truck for bicycles and a few pedestrians were already waiting for the opening of the checkpoint. It seems they are repairing the broken gate. At 13:45, the soldiers arrived and opened the checkpoint. After all the cars went through in the direction of Habla, many trucks arrived, one after the other, full of trees of every sort and many other vehicles. The crossing was quite swift, only once a driver was asked to get out of his vehicle and present his documents. At 14:00 there were no more vehicles in the area, the soldiers closed the gates and went on to the checkpoint south of Qalqiliya. A man passed by us and continued to walk toward the broken gate, so it seemed. It is hard to believe that, not long ago, the army prevented these very residents of Qalqilya whose lands and nurseries lay along the seam line, from going with their plants through this checkpoint. They were forced to go through the Eliyahu checkpoint and their produce was subject to very close inspections, with the aid of dogs.
ב-14:00 כבר לא נראו רכבים בסביבה, החיילים סגרו את השערים והמשיכו למחסום קלקיליה דרום. גבר עבר לידנו והמשיך ללכת לעבר השער הפרוץ, כנראה. קשה להאמין שלא מזמן הצבא מנע מאותם תושבי קלקיליה שאדמותיהם והמשתלות שלהם במרחב התפר, לעבור עם צמחים במחסום הזה. הם נאלצו לעבור במחסום אליהו והסחורות שלהם עברו בדיקות מדוקדקות בעזרת כלבים.
'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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Habla CP (1393)
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Habla CP (1393)
The Habla checkpoint (1393) was established on the lands of the residents of Qalqilya, on the short road that
connected it for centuries to the nearby town of Habla. The separation barrier intersects this road twice and cut off the residents of Qalqilya from their lands in the seam zone.(between the fence and the green line).
There is a passage under Road 55 that connects Qalqilya to the sabotage This agricultural barrier is used by the farmers and nursery owners established along Road 55 from the Green Line and on both sides of the kurkar road leading to the checkpoint.
This agricultural checkpoint serves the residents of Arab a-Ramadin al-Janoubi (detached from the West Bank), who pass through it to the West Bank and back to their homes. The opening hours (3 times a day) of this agricultural checkpoint are longer than usual, about an hour (recently shortened to 45 minutes), and are coordinated with the transportation hours of a-Ramadin children studying in the occupied in the West Bank.
Nina SebaAug-18-2025Habla: The gate is in the process of closing
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Oranit CP (1474)
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Oranit CP (1474) Oranit Checkpoint (4) (formerly 1474) An agricultural checkpoint in the separation wall serves the farmers of 'Azzun' Atma, whose land is in the seam zone near Oranit. Since the construction of the new wall in 2013. Was opened 3 times a day. Since 2018, the army has refused to open it except during the olive harvest. Since 2018, it has been opened only during the olive harvest and the farmers have to pass daily at the Beit Amin / Abu Salman checkpoint (1447). Fein Report from March 24, 2021: "The farmers from Beit Amin and Azzun Atma are happy that since last month the checkpoint has been open 3 times a day, at 6 in the morning, at 1 in the afternoon and at 4 in the afternoon. The farmers are really developing the place. "
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