5 aug 2018
Israeli forces detained at least 12 Palestinians, including a woman, throughout the occupied West Bank during predawn raids on Sunday.
According to Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained three Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem. They were identified as Fawzi Jalal Motawe, 18, Bahaa Muhammad Shakarna, and Fadi Fathal Najahra.
In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, PPS confirmed the detention of Suzan Ismail Abu Ghannam, who is the mother of killed Palestinian, Muhammad Hassan Abu Ghannam. Prior to the detention, Israeli forces raided and searched Ghannam’s home and confiscated a large amount of her money.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians. They were identified as Nadim SamirFarhat, Raed Muhammad Nader, Nadim Hosny al-Barghouthi.
Among the seven detainees were four minors, who were identified as Hassan Samer Tanatra, Yaman Mustafaa Tanatra, Yazid Muhammad Tanatra, and Waed Tanatra.
Following the detentions, clashes erupted among Israeli forces and Palestinian youths, in which a Palestinian was wounded. However, his identity remained unknown.
In the northern West Bank district of Nablus, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Yasin Wirad al-Khatib.
In addition, Israeli forces detained at least 21 Palestinians within the past two days throughout the West Bank, mainly from Jerusalem.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,900 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, of whom 60 are female prisoners.
According to Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS), Israeli forces detained three Palestinians in the southern West Bank district of Bethlehem. They were identified as Fawzi Jalal Motawe, 18, Bahaa Muhammad Shakarna, and Fadi Fathal Najahra.
In the central West Bank district of Jerusalem, PPS confirmed the detention of Suzan Ismail Abu Ghannam, who is the mother of killed Palestinian, Muhammad Hassan Abu Ghannam. Prior to the detention, Israeli forces raided and searched Ghannam’s home and confiscated a large amount of her money.
In the central West Bank district of Ramallah, Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians. They were identified as Nadim SamirFarhat, Raed Muhammad Nader, Nadim Hosny al-Barghouthi.
Among the seven detainees were four minors, who were identified as Hassan Samer Tanatra, Yaman Mustafaa Tanatra, Yazid Muhammad Tanatra, and Waed Tanatra.
Following the detentions, clashes erupted among Israeli forces and Palestinian youths, in which a Palestinian was wounded. However, his identity remained unknown.
In the northern West Bank district of Nablus, one Palestinian was detained and identified as Yasin Wirad al-Khatib.
In addition, Israeli forces detained at least 21 Palestinians within the past two days throughout the West Bank, mainly from Jerusalem.
According to prisoners rights group Addameer, there are 5,900 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, of whom 60 are female prisoners.
4 aug 2018
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) last night and at dawn Saturday stormed the town of Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus in the West Bank, and took photos of several homes.
According to local sources, Israeli foot soldiers came from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar to their town at dawn and embarked on photographing homes, including the house of mayor Hafed Saleh.
The troops withdrew from the town after they toured its neighborhoods.
There is still no information about why the IOF took pictures of homes in the town.
During the past week, Asira al-Qibliya had been exposed to aggressive practices by soldiers and settlers, who set fire to cultivated plots of lands and attacked homes.
In a separate incident, a horde of armed Jewish settlers infiltrated into the eastern area of Bayt Dajan town aboard vehicles and toured the area for several hours before withdrawing to their settlement.
According to local sources, Israeli foot soldiers came from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar to their town at dawn and embarked on photographing homes, including the house of mayor Hafed Saleh.
The troops withdrew from the town after they toured its neighborhoods.
There is still no information about why the IOF took pictures of homes in the town.
During the past week, Asira al-Qibliya had been exposed to aggressive practices by soldiers and settlers, who set fire to cultivated plots of lands and attacked homes.
In a separate incident, a horde of armed Jewish settlers infiltrated into the eastern area of Bayt Dajan town aboard vehicles and toured the area for several hours before withdrawing to their settlement.
Israeli bulldozers on Saturday morning leveled Palestinian-owned lands located between the illegal settlements of Gush Etzion and Alon Shvut, south of Bethlehem.
Representative of the National Committee against the Wall and Settlement Hasan Brijiyyeh said that the bulldozers razed vast tracts of lands in Artas village in preparation for a project to build 1,700 settlement units in the area over the next five years.
Israel has stepped up its attacks on the Palestinian lands adjacent to Gush Etzion settlement bloc. A few months ago, 200 Palestinian-owned trees were destroyed. Israel further has banned all Palestinian construction activities in the nearby Khirbet Iskaria.
Representative of the National Committee against the Wall and Settlement Hasan Brijiyyeh said that the bulldozers razed vast tracts of lands in Artas village in preparation for a project to build 1,700 settlement units in the area over the next five years.
Israel has stepped up its attacks on the Palestinian lands adjacent to Gush Etzion settlement bloc. A few months ago, 200 Palestinian-owned trees were destroyed. Israel further has banned all Palestinian construction activities in the nearby Khirbet Iskaria.
3 aug 2018
Khan al-Ahmar will be destroyed after the Bedouin community is given five days to respond to new relocation options, Israel’s Supreme Court has determined.
The court decided on Aug. 1, according to the PNN, that the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar is inevitable, even though the citizens have shown popular rejection of any relocation plans.
The representatives from the Israeli government gave more options for the relocation of the Bedouin community. But, lawyers working with the Bedouin community have said that these options are unsuitable.
The options included a state-funded water and electrical connection to major facilities in the village’s relocation, near a waste facility in Abu Dis, as well as a new location near the Mitzpe Jericho Israeli Settlement.
The implications of this court decision go much farther than just the few hundred people living in Khan al-Ahmar. The village’s strategic position in the E1 region has Palestinians and Israelis fighting over the land.
E1 is the region between the third-largest Israeli settlement in the West Bank (Ma’aleh Adummim), and East Jerusalem. Evacuating Khan al-Ahmar is the last step before Israel is able to annex the entire region, and entirely close off Jerusalem from Palestinian access to the East Jerusalem area.
Annexing the E1 region also creates the conditions necessary for dividing the West Bank in half, creating three separate Palestinian-controlled areas. Many agree that this act would be the end of any possibility for a two-state solution.
Thousands of activists have attended rallies, protests and preventative acts against the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar. These efforts created enough upheaval during the multiple attempts to demolish the village that courts decided to postpone the decision over and over again until yesterday.
Before the decision, the Khan al-Ahmar area school opened in protest of the proposed demolition. This was an attempt to show the risk of jeopardizing the children’s future and may have established the children’s school as an important bargaining tool in the negotiations.
Hundreds of activists have also been sleeping in the village’s center, each night, creating what they call a protective presence against the chance of human rights abuses against the village.
The court’s decision established an effort to avoid the impression that they are outright forcing the transfer of Khan al-Ahmar’s residents. This comes at a time when the international community has condemned the attempted transfer by force as a war crime.
By creating a more attractive living situation that the residents of Khan al-Ahmar can approve, they would be able to evacuate the village while having plausible deniability of a third forced transfer of the Jahalin Bedouin Tribe.
Forced transfer is condemned as a War Crime by the International Criminal Court, under the Rome Statute of 1998.
The Israeli government’s plausible deniability over allegations of forced transfer is dependent on an agreement with lawyers working to save Khan al-Ahmar. But, with many worrying that a two-state solution will be demolished with the village, the future is still uncertain for the innumerable interests involved.
The court decided on Aug. 1, according to the PNN, that the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar is inevitable, even though the citizens have shown popular rejection of any relocation plans.
The representatives from the Israeli government gave more options for the relocation of the Bedouin community. But, lawyers working with the Bedouin community have said that these options are unsuitable.
The options included a state-funded water and electrical connection to major facilities in the village’s relocation, near a waste facility in Abu Dis, as well as a new location near the Mitzpe Jericho Israeli Settlement.
The implications of this court decision go much farther than just the few hundred people living in Khan al-Ahmar. The village’s strategic position in the E1 region has Palestinians and Israelis fighting over the land.
E1 is the region between the third-largest Israeli settlement in the West Bank (Ma’aleh Adummim), and East Jerusalem. Evacuating Khan al-Ahmar is the last step before Israel is able to annex the entire region, and entirely close off Jerusalem from Palestinian access to the East Jerusalem area.
Annexing the E1 region also creates the conditions necessary for dividing the West Bank in half, creating three separate Palestinian-controlled areas. Many agree that this act would be the end of any possibility for a two-state solution.
Thousands of activists have attended rallies, protests and preventative acts against the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar. These efforts created enough upheaval during the multiple attempts to demolish the village that courts decided to postpone the decision over and over again until yesterday.
Before the decision, the Khan al-Ahmar area school opened in protest of the proposed demolition. This was an attempt to show the risk of jeopardizing the children’s future and may have established the children’s school as an important bargaining tool in the negotiations.
Hundreds of activists have also been sleeping in the village’s center, each night, creating what they call a protective presence against the chance of human rights abuses against the village.
The court’s decision established an effort to avoid the impression that they are outright forcing the transfer of Khan al-Ahmar’s residents. This comes at a time when the international community has condemned the attempted transfer by force as a war crime.
By creating a more attractive living situation that the residents of Khan al-Ahmar can approve, they would be able to evacuate the village while having plausible deniability of a third forced transfer of the Jahalin Bedouin Tribe.
Forced transfer is condemned as a War Crime by the International Criminal Court, under the Rome Statute of 1998.
The Israeli government’s plausible deniability over allegations of forced transfer is dependent on an agreement with lawyers working to save Khan al-Ahmar. But, with many worrying that a two-state solution will be demolished with the village, the future is still uncertain for the innumerable interests involved.
2 aug 2018
The Israeli occupation army claimed its forces arrested Palestinians accused of carrying out a shooting attack on the settlement of Beit El near Ramallah city in the West Bank.
A spokesperson for the Israeli army said that a group of Palestinians from Jalazoun refugee camp in Ramallah were arrested in a joint operation carried out by the army and the Shin Bet.
The spokesperson added that the detainees had carried out a gunfire attack on Beit El settlement in July 10, pointing out that no one was injured in the shooting incident.
He also said that weapons and one car were confiscated during the operation.
A spokesperson for the Israeli army said that a group of Palestinians from Jalazoun refugee camp in Ramallah were arrested in a joint operation carried out by the army and the Shin Bet.
The spokesperson added that the detainees had carried out a gunfire attack on Beit El settlement in July 10, pointing out that no one was injured in the shooting incident.
He also said that weapons and one car were confiscated during the operation.
Israeli occupation authorities have leveled Palestinian lands east of Bethlehem, paving the way for a settlement project in the area.
Anti-settlement activist in Bethlehem Hasan Brijiyah, said Israeli bulldozers leveled Palestinian lands located between Nokadim and al-Dad illegal settlement outposts in an attempt to set up a park for Jewish settlers.
The targeted lands cover an area of nearly 100 dunums.
An access road will be opened and benches installed as part of the new project.
Recently, the occupation authorities grabbed hold of 400 dunums of Palestinian lands in the area. An Israeli court also green-lighted the establishment of 270 settlement units on occupied Palestinian land.
Anti-settlement activist in Bethlehem Hasan Brijiyah, said Israeli bulldozers leveled Palestinian lands located between Nokadim and al-Dad illegal settlement outposts in an attempt to set up a park for Jewish settlers.
The targeted lands cover an area of nearly 100 dunums.
An access road will be opened and benches installed as part of the new project.
Recently, the occupation authorities grabbed hold of 400 dunums of Palestinian lands in the area. An Israeli court also green-lighted the establishment of 270 settlement units on occupied Palestinian land.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Nablus city in northern West Bank, while accompanying dozens of colonialist settlers into the city, shot two Palestinians and caused many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also assaulted and injured a young man near Bethlehem.
Media sources in Nablus said the soldiers accompanied several buses loaded with Israeli colonialist settlers into “Joseph’s Tomb” area, leading to confrontations with local protesters.
The soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at random, wounding Mo’tasem Hamdi Saqf al-Heit, 30, with rubber-coated steel bullets in the right thigh and left leg.
The soldiers also hurled a gas bomb into a car, driven by Amir Na’el Dweikat, 22, wounding him in several parts of his body.
Both Palestinians received the needed treatment by local medics before being rushed to Rafidia governmental hospital.
Many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment without the need to be moved to a hospital.
The Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yusef Dweikat, a local religious and social figure. Others believe that the tomb belongs to the Biblical patriarch Joseph, revered by Jews, Samaritans, Christians and Muslims alike, but the site remains off-limits to the Palestinians.
In addition, the soldiers assaulted a Palestinian at the “Container” military roadblock, east of Bethlehem, before he was moved to a Palestinian hospital.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers assaulted and injured the young man, identified as Malek Ishaq Masa’fa, 23, causing various cuts and bruises.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the home of a political prisoner from Ya’bad town, southwest of the city, identified as Adnan Hamarsha, and violently searched the property while interrogating his family.
The soldiers caused property damage to Hamarsha’s home, before confiscating his car and a mobile phone.
The soldiers also assaulted and injured a young man near Bethlehem.
Media sources in Nablus said the soldiers accompanied several buses loaded with Israeli colonialist settlers into “Joseph’s Tomb” area, leading to confrontations with local protesters.
The soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at random, wounding Mo’tasem Hamdi Saqf al-Heit, 30, with rubber-coated steel bullets in the right thigh and left leg.
The soldiers also hurled a gas bomb into a car, driven by Amir Na’el Dweikat, 22, wounding him in several parts of his body.
Both Palestinians received the needed treatment by local medics before being rushed to Rafidia governmental hospital.
Many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and received the needed treatment without the need to be moved to a hospital.
The Palestinians believe that Joseph’s Tomb is the funerary monument to Sheikh Yusef Dweikat, a local religious and social figure. Others believe that the tomb belongs to the Biblical patriarch Joseph, revered by Jews, Samaritans, Christians and Muslims alike, but the site remains off-limits to the Palestinians.
In addition, the soldiers assaulted a Palestinian at the “Container” military roadblock, east of Bethlehem, before he was moved to a Palestinian hospital.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers assaulted and injured the young man, identified as Malek Ishaq Masa’fa, 23, causing various cuts and bruises.
In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers invaded the home of a political prisoner from Ya’bad town, southwest of the city, identified as Adnan Hamarsha, and violently searched the property while interrogating his family.
The soldiers caused property damage to Hamarsha’s home, before confiscating his car and a mobile phone.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, Hebron city, and Beit Ummar town, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, abducted three former political prisoners, confiscated cash and a car, during violent searches of homes and property.
The soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and abducted Abdul-Nasser Abdul-Hamid Abu Mariya, 22, Ala Jihad Ali Sabarna, 21, and Abdullah Mohammad Abu Mariya, 20.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked the home of a former political prisoner, a political leader of the Islamic Jihad, identified as Wahid Hamdi Abu Mariya, in addition to the homes of Mershed Mohammad Za’aqeeq, Sa’adi Mohammad Abu Ayyash, Ibrahim Abdul-Hamid Abu Mariya, and the home of Jalal Ahmad Breigheeth, a former political prisoner who was held by Israel for 15 years, and confiscated his car.
In Hebron city, the soldiers invaded the Salam Street and Abu Kteila area, before storming and violently searching the home of former political prisoner, Mazen Natsha, and confiscated cash from the property.
The soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and abducted Abdul-Nasser Abdul-Hamid Abu Mariya, 22, Ala Jihad Ali Sabarna, 21, and Abdullah Mohammad Abu Mariya, 20.
The soldiers also invaded and ransacked the home of a former political prisoner, a political leader of the Islamic Jihad, identified as Wahid Hamdi Abu Mariya, in addition to the homes of Mershed Mohammad Za’aqeeq, Sa’adi Mohammad Abu Ayyash, Ibrahim Abdul-Hamid Abu Mariya, and the home of Jalal Ahmad Breigheeth, a former political prisoner who was held by Israel for 15 years, and confiscated his car.
In Hebron city, the soldiers invaded the Salam Street and Abu Kteila area, before storming and violently searching the home of former political prisoner, Mazen Natsha, and confiscated cash from the property.
1 aug 2018
Israeli soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Kirbit Yarza village, east of Tubas in northeastern West Bank, and handed orders to four Bedouin families to leave their dwellings ahead of live-fire military drills.
Human Rights activist Aref Daraghma said the soldiers handed official notices to the families of Faisal Masa’eed, Ismael Masa’eed, Jamal Daraghma and Mohammad Daraghma instructing them to leave their residential areas and dwellings ahead of military drills planned for this coming Monday August 6th at 4 P.M. until Tuesday morning.
He added that the orders also instructed the families to leave their dwellings again on Thursday, August 9th, ahead of military training starting at 4 P.M until 6 A.M on Friday morning, August 10th.
The families were also ordered to leave their dwellings, yet again, on Tuesday, August 14, starting at 4 P.M. until 6 A.M the next day.
It is worth mentioning that the army has previously repeatedly destroyed and removed residential tents and small structures in the area, under the pretext of being built without permits.
The Israeli army conducts frequent military drills in several parts of the occupied West Bank, especially certain areas of Tubas, the Jordan Valley and near Hebron.
Many Palestinians, including children, have been killed and seriously injured after coming in contact with undetonated ordinances dropped by the army during training.
In January of this year, the soldiers shot a Palestinian child with a live round in the head, during a “military training” near Tubas, in northeastern West Bank.
Human Rights activist Aref Daraghma said the soldiers handed official notices to the families of Faisal Masa’eed, Ismael Masa’eed, Jamal Daraghma and Mohammad Daraghma instructing them to leave their residential areas and dwellings ahead of military drills planned for this coming Monday August 6th at 4 P.M. until Tuesday morning.
He added that the orders also instructed the families to leave their dwellings again on Thursday, August 9th, ahead of military training starting at 4 P.M until 6 A.M on Friday morning, August 10th.
The families were also ordered to leave their dwellings, yet again, on Tuesday, August 14, starting at 4 P.M. until 6 A.M the next day.
It is worth mentioning that the army has previously repeatedly destroyed and removed residential tents and small structures in the area, under the pretext of being built without permits.
The Israeli army conducts frequent military drills in several parts of the occupied West Bank, especially certain areas of Tubas, the Jordan Valley and near Hebron.
Many Palestinians, including children, have been killed and seriously injured after coming in contact with undetonated ordinances dropped by the army during training.
In January of this year, the soldiers shot a Palestinian child with a live round in the head, during a “military training” near Tubas, in northeastern West Bank.
Israeli bulldozers escorted by forces razed Palestinian lands, on Wednesday, in Beit Taamar village in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem.
Hassan Breijeh, a representative of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee in Bethlehem, Israeli bulldozers began to raze and level the land located between the two illegal Israeli settlements of Nikudim and Kfar Eldad, built on Palestinian-owned lands in the area.
Breijeh said that by razing the land, which is a total space of 100 dunums (24.7 acres), Israel aims to expand the two illegal Israeli settlements and build a nature park in the area.
He added that the settlement expansion project will be completed through the constructing roads, planting trees and installing benches in order to connect the two nearby illegal Israeli settlements.
Israel had approved the construction of 20 new housing units for the illegal Matassad settlement southeast of Bethlehem district, about a week ago.
Israel also approved the construction of 170 new housing units for the illegal Israeli settlement of Neve Daniel, to be built on Palestinian lands in the al-Khader village, also in the Bethlehem district. Another 100 new units were approved for illegal Kfar Eldad settlement.
Israel's policy of expanding settlements and outposts has been escalating recently due to the United States President Donald Trump approving three times more the amount of settlement units than that which was approved in the year and half before his inauguration.
Since the occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 1967, between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis have moved into Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, in violation of international law.
The estimated 196 government recognized Israeli settlements scattered across the Palestinian territory are all considered illegal under international law.
Hassan Breijeh, a representative of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee in Bethlehem, Israeli bulldozers began to raze and level the land located between the two illegal Israeli settlements of Nikudim and Kfar Eldad, built on Palestinian-owned lands in the area.
Breijeh said that by razing the land, which is a total space of 100 dunums (24.7 acres), Israel aims to expand the two illegal Israeli settlements and build a nature park in the area.
He added that the settlement expansion project will be completed through the constructing roads, planting trees and installing benches in order to connect the two nearby illegal Israeli settlements.
Israel had approved the construction of 20 new housing units for the illegal Matassad settlement southeast of Bethlehem district, about a week ago.
Israel also approved the construction of 170 new housing units for the illegal Israeli settlement of Neve Daniel, to be built on Palestinian lands in the al-Khader village, also in the Bethlehem district. Another 100 new units were approved for illegal Kfar Eldad settlement.
Israel's policy of expanding settlements and outposts has been escalating recently due to the United States President Donald Trump approving three times more the amount of settlement units than that which was approved in the year and half before his inauguration.
Since the occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 1967, between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis have moved into Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, in violation of international law.
The estimated 196 government recognized Israeli settlements scattered across the Palestinian territory are all considered illegal under international law.
The EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah expressed “strong concern” about the Israeli dismantling and confiscation of a donor-funded women's center and kindergarten serving the Bedouin and refugee community of Jabal al-Baba, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on 25 July.
The EU missions also called on the Israeli authorities to rebuild the structure in the same place.
The diplomats reiterated the EU’s strong opposition to Israel's settlement policy and actions taken in this context, including demolitions and confiscations, evictions and forced transfers, which all threaten the two-state solution.
“In line with its long-standing position on this issue . . . the EU calls upon the Israeli authorities to halt demolitions and confiscations of Palestinian houses and property in accordance with its obligations as an occupying power under international humanitarian law”, a statement by the EU missions read.
The diplomats also urged Israel to “cease the policy of settlement construction and expansion, of designating land for exclusive Israeli use and of denying Palestinian development.”
Jabal al-Baba is located in Area C of the occupied West Bank, which is under full Israeli military and administrative control. Israel does not allow Palestinian development or construction in this area, which it retains exclusively for Jewish settlement construction and expansion despite of their violation of international law.
The EU missions also called on the Israeli authorities to rebuild the structure in the same place.
The diplomats reiterated the EU’s strong opposition to Israel's settlement policy and actions taken in this context, including demolitions and confiscations, evictions and forced transfers, which all threaten the two-state solution.
“In line with its long-standing position on this issue . . . the EU calls upon the Israeli authorities to halt demolitions and confiscations of Palestinian houses and property in accordance with its obligations as an occupying power under international humanitarian law”, a statement by the EU missions read.
The diplomats also urged Israel to “cease the policy of settlement construction and expansion, of designating land for exclusive Israeli use and of denying Palestinian development.”
Jabal al-Baba is located in Area C of the occupied West Bank, which is under full Israeli military and administrative control. Israel does not allow Palestinian development or construction in this area, which it retains exclusively for Jewish settlement construction and expansion despite of their violation of international law.
Israel’s high court of justice in Occupied Jerusalem will look into a petition submitted by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee asking for preventing the evacuation of the Bedouin hamlet of Khan al-Ahmar, east of the holy city.
Coordinator of “Save Khan al-Ahmar” campaign Abdullah Abu Rahma said that the court would listen to the petition filed by the committee’s lawyer and could approve it or reject it.
The campaign of Save Khan al-Ahmar, which was launched by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee, had called on Palestinian citizens from all spectra to spend their night in the hamlet to express their solidarity with the villagers.
The residents of Khan al-Ahmar, known as al-Jahhalin Bedouins, are refugees from the Negev desert who have lived in this area of south Jerusalem since their displacement by the Israeli army in 1967.
Throughout the years, Israel has refused to recognize al-Jahhalin Bedouin communities or grant them building permits.
Coordinator of “Save Khan al-Ahmar” campaign Abdullah Abu Rahma said that the court would listen to the petition filed by the committee’s lawyer and could approve it or reject it.
The campaign of Save Khan al-Ahmar, which was launched by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee, had called on Palestinian citizens from all spectra to spend their night in the hamlet to express their solidarity with the villagers.
The residents of Khan al-Ahmar, known as al-Jahhalin Bedouins, are refugees from the Negev desert who have lived in this area of south Jerusalem since their displacement by the Israeli army in 1967.
Throughout the years, Israel has refused to recognize al-Jahhalin Bedouin communities or grant them building permits.
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