Israeli police on Tuesday threw a cordon around Khan al-Ahmar east of Occupied Jerusalem scrutinized the IDs of the Palestinians leaving the village and prevented a number of Palestinians from entering it.
Head of the National Committee Against the Wall and Settlement Waleed Assaf said that the Israeli police have tightened the restrictions imposed in Khan al-Ahmar in an attempt to obstruct the flock of Palestinian citizens into the Bedouin village to stop the demolition.
Assaf said that the next few hours will be indicative calling on Palestinian citizens to intensify their presence in the sit-in set up in Khan al-Ahmar.
“If we fail in Khan al-Ahmar 225 Bedouin communities in the West Bank will be threatened with the same fate. We have to thwart the demolition to foil any similar projects that might follow” he added.
Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by the families of Khan al-Ahmar against the demolition of their village which is inhabited by 190 Palestinians.
The 80 families of Khan al-Ahmar have recently rejected an Israeli offer to be transferred to Jericho city east of the West Bank as an alternative home.
Khan al-Ahmar is one of 45 villages threatened with demolition in favor of a settlement project called E1. The project is aimed at creating a physical link between Ma’ale Adumim settlement and Jerusalem and that would effectively complete a crescent of Israeli settlements around East Jerusalem dividing it from the rest of the West Bank.
