The Israeli government has decided to delay the forced evacuation of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in Occupied Jerusalem until further notice according to Israeli newspapers.
Israeli war Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s office said in response to the step that he opposed the delay and that the decision was taken despite his “resolute opposition.”
According to sources in the Israeli premier’s office there are Israeli intentions to negotiate with the residents of Khan al-Ahmar and to look at some of the proposals that have raised.
The international community particularly the European Union and its member states have seemingly pressured Israel not to evacuate the Bedouin community that is located near Route 1 just below the illegal settlement of Kfar Adumim.
On Wednesday the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda warned Israel that the forced relocation of the village would be a “war crime.”
“I have been following with concern the planned eviction of the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank. Evacuation by force now appears imminent and with it the prospects for further escalation and violence” Bensouda stated.
“It bears recalling as a general matter that extensive destruction of property without military necessity and population transfers in an occupied territory constitute war crimes under the Rome Statute” she said.
