'Azzun 'Atma () is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western

West Bank The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

, located 5 kilometers South-east of

Qalqilya Qalqilya or Qalqiliya () is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, which serves as the administrative center of the Qalqilya Governorate. The city had a population of 51,683 in 2017. Qalqilya is surrounded by the Israeli West Bank barrier, Israeli We ...

. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 'Azzun 'Atma had a population of 2,068 inhabitants in 2017. 3.9% of the population of 'Azzun 'Atma were refugees in 1997. The healthcare facilities for 'Azzun 'Atma are designated as MOH level 2.

Location

‘Azzun ‘Atma is located 8.82 km south of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Mas-ha and Sha'arei Tikva to the east, Az Zawiya to the south, Oranit to the west, and Beit ‘Amin and ‘Izbat Salman to the north.

History

Potsherds from the Iron Age II, Persian,

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/ Umayyad, Crusader/ Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found.Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 290 Old stones have been reused in homes, and the

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is possibly an old church.

Ottoman era

The place appeared in 1596 Ottoman tax registers as 'Azzun, being in the '' Nahiya'' of Jabal Qubal of the '' Liwa'' of Nablus. It had a population of 29 households and 2 bachelors, all

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. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3%, on wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, goats and beehives; a total of 4,200 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 135 Potsherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found here. The village was abanonded in the 17th century due to internal conflicts.Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 347 When the French explorer Victor Guérin visited the place in 1870 it was described it as a large Arab village, then deserted. Many small, square houses were still partly standing, and near the mosque he noticed old columns and large stone from older buildings. Old fig trees and beautiful mimosa were scattered through the ruins. In the PEF's '' Survey of Western Palestine'' (1882), it is also described as a "ruined village".

British Mandate era

Azzun Atma was resettled in the early 20th century by people from Sanniriya. In 1931, it was recorded as a ''khirbet'' of Sanniriya.

Jordanian Era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Azzun Atma came under Jordanian rule.

Post-1967

Since the

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in 1967, Azzun Atma has been under Israeli occupation. After the 1995 accords, about 3.8% of village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 96.2% as Area C. Israel has confiscated 2,689

dunam A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; ; ; ), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area analogous in role (but not equal) to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amo ...

s of village land in order to construct three Israeli settlements of Sha'are Tikva, Oranit and Zamarot (Zamarot becoming part of Oranit), in addition to land for the Israeli West Bank barrier, which almost entirely surrounds Azzun Atma, and which also isolate the village from much of its remaining land behind the wall.‘Azzun ‘Atma Village Profile
ARIJ, p. 16

References

Bibliography

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External links

*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14
IAAWikimedia commons‘Azzun ‘Atma Village (Fact Sheet)
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
‘Azzun ‘Atma Village Profile
ARIJ
‘Azzun ‘Atma, aerial photo
ARIJ
Development Priorities and Needs in ‘Azzun ‘Atma
ARIJ
Azzun- Atma: A village encircled by the Wall
17, May, 2004, POICA
Israeli Occupation Forces Expands its Siege on Residents of Azzun Atma – Qalqiliya Governorate
16, May, 2006, POICA
New Stage for completing the Segregation wall around 'Azzun 'Atma village in Qalqilyia
02, October, 2006, POICA
Azzun Atme village engulfed by two walls
05, November, 2007, POICA
Azzun Atmeh village completely sealed off by the Segregation Wall
01, March, 2009, POICA
Settlers of the Israeli Settlement of "Oranit" Set Lands of 'Azzun 'Atma village Ablaze
09, November, 2009, POICA
Israeli Colonists Pump Sewage towards a Palestinian School in 'Azzun 'Atma village
23, February, 2010, POICA
Azzun Atma Wall Section - Qalqiliya Governorate
06, December, 2011, POICA {{Authority control Villages in the West Bank Qalqilya Governorate Municipalities of Palestine