The Khan Al-Ahmar community has come under the spotlight once again after Israeli authorities decided to relocate the community 300 meters away to the opposite side of Route 1 as an alternative to razing the Bedouin village.
After ten years of legal battles Israel’s Supreme Court has recently authorized the destruction of Khan al-Ahmar.
The decision comes despite the continued pressure from the international community and the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) warning that the eviction and displacement of the Palestinian residents amounts to a war crime reported the Israeli Channel 12.
Khan Al-Ahmar which has been demolished and rebuilt several times in recent years is in the West Bank near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kfar Adumim and close to Route 1 a highway that connects East Jerusalem to the Jordan Valley.
In September 2018 Israel’s Supreme Court approved the demolition of Khan Al-Ahmar despite calls from European countries human rights organizations and activists for Israel to halt the process. The order to raze the village was first issued in 2009 over ten years ago.
With their position in the so-called E1 area where an Israeli settlement expansion project is planned along the Jerusalem-Jericho road Palestinian communities in Khan Al-Ahmar have battled for their existence for decades.
