#khan al-ahmar

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Demonstrators wave Palestinian flags in front of Israeli troops as they protest against Israel's plan to demolish the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan Al Ahmar. September 30th 2018. EPA

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I was lucky enough to get a lift down with a South African woman, Elene Segal. Many drivers are scared to drive down the desert road though I used to go down there when I had a car. She was great and we found two Palestinians who were stuck and the car had to be pushed so she got in as the driver and they managed to get the car off the path and out of our way.

A delegation of activity and Tag-Meir activists held a solidarity meeting in the afternoon at the Bedouin Jahlin tribe of Khan al-Ahmar. Two days ago, the sherif of the nearby moshav  armed with a rifle threatened an 11-year-old boy, Aiz, from Khan al-Ahmar. The child's mother who is pregnant had fallen asleep and the flock of sheep was moving away.  He chased after them and was stopped by this animal from the moshav. As is happening all over israel, the sherifs of the moshaviem and settlements  are more and more making their own rules of where Palestinians can take their herds. He claimed that the boy had gone over the imaginery line. 

We were ashamed. . The video of a Jew armed with a rifle, standing over a helpless 11-year-old boy - is a disgrace to all of us.  I wish I knew how to send the video over the email because one can hear the child crying and see how threatening the fascist is standing over him. Much as Jewish children must have feared the Nazi guards.

The security man forcibly removed Aiz's shoes to prevent him from escaping and also threatened him in Arabic while brandishing an M-16 rifle. He also threatened to shoot him if he moved. His sister and mother came to calm him and get him released but he would not let them near the boy. He was crying and terrified. For those of you on my whatsup I have sent the  linkg.

The local residents told us about the feeling of discrimination and racism in which they live. "Hundreds of meters from us, Jewish children study in a school built with shaded sports fields, our children study in dilapidated buildings with demolition orders without electricity."

The security man called the police. Needless to say they take their orders from him. A witness, a resident of Kfar Adumim active in tyring to help  the  Bedouin , came there in an attempt to solve the problem. Later during our visit he came to apologise to the sisters that he had not been able to do so . To no avail. The police arrested and handcuffed the young women, Nasreen, a 20-year-old shepherd, an education student at Jericho University. Her sister Iman, also an education student, insisted on not leaving her alone and was also arrested. They were held for hours and only released after a lawyer had got them bail for 10000 shekel. Where they got the money from heaven alone knows. These are such poor people.

The father is still recovering from an operation (heart) and could do nothing. 

We have tried to find out why the girls were arrested but there is not answer.

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We brought the boy  a new football and wished him well. Unfortunately he is evidently traumatised. He will not play football with his friends, go out in the dark or leave his family. 

We spoke to the girls. One can only imagine how this must have been for them. Living in a closed very  conservative society where they are protected and pretty much secluded to be dragged by policemen who are not known for their delicate ways......seperated from their fathers and brothers and dragged into a police station. Imagine if it had been religious girls what a fuss would be made. I of course did not photograph them which is a pity as they are so beautiful and modest in their very traditional clothing.

The people of the tribe told about the reduction of the grazing areas for their flock at the hands of the army, the police and the civil administration.

Reminder: Aiz's "big sin" was helping a female relative lead a herd of goats that, according to the security guard, crossed an imaginary border...The local residents told us about the feeling of discrimination and racism in which they live. "Hundreds of meters from us, Jewish children study in a school built with shaded sports fields, our children study in dilapidated buildings with demolition orders without electricity."

Our delegation included activists who came from all over the country: Jerusalem, Kibbutz Tzalim, Rehovot, Tzuba and the nearby village of Kfar Adumim.

The report in hebrew was written by my friend, Yael Moav, who is a great help to the tribe and we have often gone there to eat with a yong woman who makes a livelihood from it. I must admit that I am always scared as it is very steep and two people have to  help me up. 

על הבוקר סרטוני ודאו מנסרין, רועת צאן צעירה מחאן אל אחמר. כבר שנים שרועות הצאן, הנערות, נשים והילדים, מחאן אל אחמר, סובלות מהתנכלות של איש הביטחון מכפר אדומים. כאשר הן יכולות, לבקשנו הן מצלמות את ההתנכלויות. היום היה אירוע חמור במיוחד. איש הביטחון תפס ילד צעיר בשטחי המרעה ועיכב אותו. נשים והנערות הנסערות עשו הכל כדי שיניח לילד, הממרר בבכי ואחוז בהלה. שפה משותפת אין בין בין. ברוחות שהתלהטו, התפתחה מהומה, חלקה אלימה ואיש הבטחון זימן משטרה. עד תושב כפר אדומים פעיל בידי הגהאלין הגיע לשם בניסיון לפתור את הבעיה. ללא הועיל. השוטרים עזקו את נסרין, רועת צאן בת 20, סטודנטית לחינוך באוניברסיטת יריחו. אחותה אימאן גם היא סטודנטית לחינוך התעקשה לא להשאירה לבד ונעצרה היא גם. נוכחותו של הפעיל שלנו שבא להגן על "הרשות המסוכנות" לא עזרה. נכון לעכשיו שתי נשים צעירות, האמיצות כל כך, במעצר. לא ידעתי לנו מתי ישתחררו. האמא נמצאת בחרדה גדולה, האבא, אבו חמיס, ראש הקהילה שרק השתחרר מניתוח מעקפים אחרי התקף לב קשה, לא במצב לא קל. חשוב לציין חשיבות התקיים רחוקה מגדר הביטחון של כפר אדומים. בברור שעשינו יתכן שהסיבה למעצר היא חוסר נכונות להזדהות, איך יזדהו כשהן דוברות רק ערבית והשוטרים רק עברית? המצב הזה חייב להסתיים, יש לאפשר לרועות הצאן הבדואיות לצאת לרעה בביטחון. למי נפנה? אולי לשר לביטחון פנים?? אז במקום לרגע היום, לנוח מהטיסה, לעכל חוויות ולעשות כבידה וסדר אני ��וצה להיות שם החברות שלי. עוד על שיתוף הפוסט . Sent from my iPhone

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Smotrich à Gallant : Arrêter immédiatement la  Haute Cour concernant Khan Al Ahmar - je ne l'approuve pas !

Le ministre des Finances Bezalel Smotrich a contacté le secrétaire du Cabinet,  Yossi Fox et a déclaré qu’il n’avait pas été informé à l’avance de la réponse de l’État à la Haute Cour concernant l’ expulsion de Khan al-Ahmar – selon laquelle la colonie par des arabes ne serait pas expulsée. , il “n’approuve pas” la réponse de l’État, qui, selon lui, devrait être consulté en vertu de l’accord de…

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Palestinians in Khan al-Ahmar stand ground amid displacement plan | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Khan al-Ahmar, occupied West Bank –  Yusra Abu Eid stands to lose not just her house, but the entire village of Khan al-Ahmar that she has, for years, called home. The Palestinian village on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem faces a potential imminent demolition by Israeli authorities that would forcibly displace the 34-year-old, along with its 220 other residents living in tents and tin…

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Palestinians in Khan al-Ahmar stand ground amid displacement plan | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Khan al-Ahmar, occupied West Bank –  Yusra Abu Eid stands to lose not just her house, but the entire village of Khan al-Ahmar that she has, for years, called home. The Palestinian village on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem faces a potential imminent demolition by Israeli authorities that would forcibly displace the 34-year-old, along with its 220 other residents living in tents and tin…

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Palestinians in Khan al-Ahmar stand ground amid displacement plan | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Khan al-Ahmar, occupied West Bank –  Yusra Abu Eid stands to lose not just her house, but the entire village of Khan al-Ahmar that she has, for years, called home. The Palestinian village on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem faces a potential imminent demolition by Israeli authorities that would forcibly displace the 34-year-old, along with its 220 other residents living in tents and tin…

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Protests after Israeli threats to remove Palestinian village | News

Dozens of Palestinians have protested against threats made by top Israeli politicians to imminently carry out the forced displacement of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem, home to at least 180 people. The protest took place on Monday after far-right politician and Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir said he would push ahead with the…

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Those who enjoy slandering Israel may want to read this article, which shows just how complex and contentious planned demolitions may be, even if Israel has a legal basis to do so. 

What I find more shocking is that the European Union funds illegal Bedouin villages in Judea and Samaria. Can anyone explain to me why the European Union sends money here, despite the violation of Israeli law? What possible benefit does this bring to Europe? 

Did the populations of European countries who form part of this union authorise the European Union to fund those villages? If not, by whose authority was money paid by member nations sent to illegal villages far outside the European continent. If authorisation was given, who by and for what reason? 

I find the interference of the European Union in the ongoing conflict officious, contradictory, and destructive. Israel is not a member of the European Union, nor does the European Union have any jurisdiction over Israeli law and policy. On top of that, the European Union is not a country, and in my view, should stop behaving like one. 

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OCTOBER 3 2018 - "Israeli settlers flooded Khan Al-Ahmar with waste water, storming the Palestinian Bedouin village and confronting residents."

"The settlers came from the illegal Israeli settlement of Kfar Adumim, located east of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank. They stormed the village of Khan Al-Ahmar but were confronted by international and local activists, along with residents of the village, the Palestine Chronicle reported. However, the settlers “managed to flood the area with wastewater before activists and residents were able to stop them,” the report added."

"Local Palestinians shared images of the flooding on social media, with the waste water clearly visible against the otherwise arid landscape."

"Khan Al-Ahmar has been slated for demolition this week, after an Israeli court gave the residents of the village until 1 October to evacuate their homes. The demolition is expected imminently, with the delay thought to be due only to Jewish holidays taking place earlier this week."

"Israel’s policies of settling Israeli civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, wantonly destroying property and forcibly transferring Palestinians living under occupation, violate the Fourth Geneva Convention and are war crimes listed in the statute of the International Criminal Court." - Amnesty International

Amnesty added: “Since 1967, Israel has forcibly evicted and displaced entire communities and demolished more than 50,000 Palestinian homes and structures.”

Situated east of Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, Khan Al-Ahmar is home to Al-Jahhalin Bedouins who are refugees from the Negev desert. They have lived in the area since their displacement by the Israeli army in 1967. Israel has refused to recognise Al-Jahhalin Bedouin communities or grant them building permits, a strategy often used by Israel to term any Bedouin home illegal.

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Israel gives Bedouin villagers until end of month to leave

Israel gives Bedouin villagers until end of month to leave

The fate of the Palestinian Bedouin village Khan Al-Ahmar, above, has drawn international concern, with European countries calling on Israel not to move ahead with plans to demolish it.

:: Israeli authorities issued a notice to residents of a Bedouin village in a strategic spot in the occupied West Bank on Sunday informing them they have until the end of the month to leave.

The fate of Khan…

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Israel finally built an access road to the West Bank village of Khan Al Ahmar last week, after half a century of delays. But Israel only allows vehicles like the bulldozers scheduled to sweep away its 200 inhabitants’ homes.

If one community has come to symbolize the demise of the two-state solution, it is Khan Al Ahmar.

It was for that reason that a posse of European diplomats left their air-conditioned offices late last week to trudge through the hot, dusty hills outside Jerusalem and witness the preparations for the village’s destruction. That included the Israeli police beating residents and supporters as they tried to block the advance of heavy machinery.

Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain submitted a formal protest. Their denunciations echoed those of more than 70 Democratic lawmakers in Washington in May – a rare example of US politicians showing solidarity with Palestinians.

It would be gratifying to believe that Western governments care about the inhabitants of Khan Al Ahmar – or the thousands of other Palestinians who are being incrementally cleansed by Israel from nearby lands but whose plight has drawn far less attention.

After all, the razing of Khan Al Ahmar and the forcible transfer of its population are war crimes.

But in truth, Western politicians are more concerned about propping up the illusion of a peace process that expired many years ago, than the long-running abuse of Palestinians under Israeli occupation. 

Western capitals understand what is at stake. Israel wants Khan Al Ahmar gone so that Jewish settlements can be built in its place, on land it has designated as “E1”.

That would put the final piece in place for Israel to build a substantial bloc of new settler homes to sever the West Bank in two. Those same settlements would also seal off West Bank Palestinians from East Jerusalem, the expected capital of a future Palestinian state, making a mockery of any peace agreement.

The erasure of Khan Al Ahmar has not arrived out of nowhere. Israel has trampled on international law for decades, conducting a form of creeping annexation that has provoked little more than uncomfortable shifting in chairs from Western politicians.

Khan Al Ahmar’s Bedouin inhabitants, from the Jahalin tribe, have been ethnically cleansed twice before by Israel, but these war crimes went unnoticed.

The first time was in the 1950s, a few years after Israel’s creation, when 80 per cent of Palestinians had been driven from their homes to make way for a Jewish state.

Although they should have enjoyed the protection of Israeli citizenship, the Jahalin were forced out of the Negev and into the West Bank, then controlled by Jordan, to make way for new Jewish immigrants.

A generation later in 1967, when they had barely re-established themselves, the Jahalin were again under attack from Israeli soldiers occupying the West Bank. The grazing lands the Jahalin had relocated to with their goats and sheep were seized to build a settlement for Jews only, Kfar Adumim, in violation of the laws of war.

Ever since, the Jahalin have dwelt in a twilight zone of Israeli-defined “illegality”. Like other Palestinians in the 60 per cent of the West Bank under Israeli control, they have been denied building permits, forcing three generations to live in tin shacks and tents.

[Read More] (https://consortiumnews.com/2018/07/09/israel-bulldozes-khan-al-ahmar-and-buries-the-two-state-solution/)

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Danny Danon : "Le nouveau gouvernement essaie d'éviter d'expulser Khan Al Ahmar"

Dns le contexte de la situation sécuritaire sensible, l’État a demandé aujourd’hui (mercredi) à la Haute Cour un nouveau report de l’évacuation de l’avant-poste bédouin illégal de Khan al-Ahmar. Des responsables du système de sécurité et du bureau du Premier ministre ont recommandé une demande de report de la Haute Cour concernant l’évacuation. Dans le contexte de la recommandation, les ministres…

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Khan al-Ahmar Reignites International Row Over Israeli Illegal Settlements

Khan al-Ahmar Reignites International Row Over Israeli Illegal Settlements

In the case of Khan al-Ahmar, the threat of demolition serves yet another goal, that of expanding settlements. The Bedouin village is situated in an area Israel has designated as ‘E1’, the largest planned settlement in the West Bank. With the Bedouins removed, Israel can control the entire centre part of the West Bank, from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, and could cut the territory in half, denying Palestinians the possibility to travel from north to south or vice versa.

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Israel to temporarily delay destruction of Bedouin hamlet

Israel to temporarily delay destruction of Bedouin hamlet

The West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar Oct. 21, 2018 (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

  Residents of West Bank Bedouin hamlet offer to move several hundred meters away; Bennett, Shaked vote against postponement

21 October 2018 | Staff | Times of Israel

The security cabinet on Sunday approved a delay of the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar by “several weeks” to provide time for negotiations for…

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Palestinians brace for Israeli bulldozers in the West Bank: 'If we lose Khan al-Ahmar we lose Jerusalem'

Palestinians brace for Israeli bulldozers in the West Bank: ‘If we lose Khan al-Ahmar we lose Jerusalem’

Residents of a Palestinian hamlet in the West Bank have bracied themselves for the Israeli demolition of their homes after a deadline passed, but vowed to stay put and defy troops when the bulldozers arrive.

Some 180 people in Khan al-Ahmar, located between the Israeli settlements of Kafr Adumim and Ma’ale Adumim, face being forcibly evicted and transferred after Israel’s Supreme…