Azzun - a growing hostility of the residents against Israelis
A car full of goods for the ‘Azzun shop.
It’s been quiet lately. Soldiers haven’t entered the locality. On the other hand, say our hosts, hostility of residents toward Israelis is increasing. They’re worried about harm to friends visiting them. Pupils may throw stones if they see a vehicle with Israeli plates. Those are new fears that weren’t present before.
The home is clean and orderly. The three older children, who’ve finished their schooling, are looking for work, without success. Zaharan himself isn’t working at the moment. His wife is the sole breadwinner, running the second-hand goods shop, which we help. Everything falls on her.
Continuing the previous report: the work on the roads is in its final stages, the new neighborhood in Tzofin is taking shape in the form of houses being built down the slope of the hill. It’s hard to photograph while driving.
At the entrance to ‘Azzun.
It looks like an attempt has been made to clean up the area. The army has blocked off the entire neglected area with more and more concrete barriers.
Oh, occupation, occupation – how will you end?
'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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