‘Azzun is cut off - Collective punishment

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'Anabta CP

'Azzun

Oranit CP (1474)

Irtah (Sha'ar Efrayim)

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Observers:

Camilla P., Soraya (guest), Karin L. (reporting and photographing) Translator: Charles K.

Jun-16-2021

Afternoon

שער סוגר את כביש המערכת בין בית האני לחומה

Closed gate

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Karin Lindner

The gate closing the security road between Beit Hani and the separation wall.

The main entrance to ‘Azzun

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Karin Lindner

The main entrance to ‘Azzun is blocked

חיילים עם רובים שלופים בכניסה לעזון מנבי אליאס

At the entrance to Azzun

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Karin Lindner

Soldiers with drawn weapons at the entrance to Azzun from Nabi Ilyas.

Anabta checkpoint

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Karin Lindner

Anabta checkpoint. Cars slalom through the concrete barriers

At the Shufa checkpoint

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Karin Lindner

Sha’ar Efrayim

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Karin Lindner

Entrance to the Sha’ar Efrayim merchandise checkpoint

Location Description

'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.

Irtah (Sha'ar Efrayim)

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The checkpoint is for Palestinians only. It is the main barrier to the passage of workers from the northern West Bank to Israel.
Workers with a permit to work in Israel and also for trade (with appropriate permissions), medicine, and visiting prisoners.
One can cross the checkpoint only on foot. The checkpoint is located north of Road 557 and south of Tulkarm. Operated by a civil security company, opening hours: between 4:00 and 19:00 on weekdays.
As members of Machsom Watch, we began our shifts to this location in 2007.
We arrived before it opened at 4 in the morning and report since, on the harsh conditions and the long and crowded queues of workers. The workers who pass by continue their journey by transportation to work throughout Israel.

In the first period of its activity, about 3,000 and then 5,000 people passed through this checkpoint every day. Due to the small number of checking points and arbitrary delays for long periods of time in the "rooms", workers feared losing their transportation.
Hence workers leave their homes at 2:30 at night to be among the first. Today, 15,000 pass and the transition is faster. Workers are still leaving their homes very early to get past the checkpoint at 7 p.m.

In an adjacent compound, there is a terminal for the transfer of goods on a commercial scale, using the back-to-back method.

'Anabta CP

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'Anabta CP

The checkpoint is located south of the village of 'Anabta, at the intersection of Road 60 (leading to Nablus at the entrance to Area A), with Road (57, 557, 5576) facing west towards the Einav settlement and the checkpoint at the exit from the West Bank - Figs checkpoint.
Until 2010 we used to watch the intersection and report the long columns created due to a slow inspection of the vehicles in both directions.

Oct-29-2011

Anabta checkpoint 24.10.11

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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. "

Mar-22-2022

Ruti Tuval

The locked gate at the Anin checkpoint

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Mas'ha / Hani’s Home

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Mas'ha / Hani’s Home

Hani's home enclaved between the separaion wall and the fence of Elkana settlement

Shufa

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Shufa