Violation: imposing restrictions on Palestinians’ movement.
Location: Azzun Atma / Qalqilya.
Date: March 12 -2018.
Perpetrator: The Israeli occupation army.
Victims: People of Azzun Atma.
Description:
Israeli troops were seen adding barbed wires on the apartheid wall that surrounds Azzun Atma town.
Abdel Karim Ayub from Azzun Atma village council told LRC reporter: The Israeli occupation imposes more restrictions on people of Azzun Atma. Nevertheless, Israeli troops increased rading houses and stealing possessions. Now the Israeli occupation adds barbed wires on the apartheid wall attempting to impose facts on the ground.”
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Photos 1-5 : the apartheid wall after the new addition.
The apartheid wall in Azzun Atma isolated 9, 650 dunums of Azzun Atma and Beit Amin towns. Noteworthy, the Israeli occupation issued military orders (14/07/t) and (28/06/T) in 2006 and 2007 that declares the confiscation of 405.5 dunums of the town’s land in order to build the apartheid wall.
About Azzun Atma:[1]
Located 8km to Qalqiliya city with a total area of 9,472 dunums, of which 1,054 dunums are the village’s built-up area, Azzun is inhabited by 7,821 people (2007).
The occupation confiscated vast area from the village for the favor of colonization and the apartheid wall; the areas are detailed as follows:
- 276 dunums were confiscated for Maale Shamron colony that was established in 1980.
- 417 dunums were confiscated for the bypass road number 55
It should be marked that the vast majority of Azzun lands (6,927 dunums) is classified as area “C” according to Oslo accords; areas that are controlled by the Israeli occupation. The village has zero percentage of area “A” that is under the control of Palestinian Authority. As for other classifications, the village has 2,546 dunums classified as area “B”. (Geographical Information System- Land Research Center)
3 colonies are built on ‘Azzun lands and they are:
- Maale Shomron: Built in 1980, the colony has a total area of 1903 and a built-up area of 216 dunums. 549 colonists live in it (according to a 2004 census).
- Genot Shomron: Built in 1985, the colony’s built-up area is 484 dunums.
- Karni Shomron: Built in 1978, the colony’s built-up area is 1351 dunums. 6270 colonists live in it (according to a 2005 census).
[1] GIS-LRC
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