{"id":3613,"date":"2023-02-01T15:24:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T15:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3613"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:39:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:39:46","slug":"palestinians-face-deportation-as-far-right-israel-pledges-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/palestinians-face-deportation-as-far-right-israel-pledges-expansion\/2023\/02\/01\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinians face deportation as far-right Israel pledges expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Khan<\/span> Al<\/span> Ahmar,<\/span> WEST<\/span> BANK<\/span> (AP)<\/span> —<\/span> Protesters<\/span> ascending<\/span> the<\/span> windswept<\/span> hills<\/span> east<\/span> of<\/span> Jerusalem<\/span> disrupted<\/span> Maha<\/span> Ali’s<\/span> breakfast.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Over<\/span> the<\/span> chirping<\/span> of<\/span> birds<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> cry<\/span> of<\/span> sheep,<\/span> Palestinians<\/span> support<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank<\/span> Bedouin<\/span> community<\/span> of<\/span> Khan<\/span> al-Ahmar,<\/span> which<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> at<\/span> risk<\/span> of<\/span> being<\/span> destroyed<\/span> by<\/span> Israeli<\/span> forces<\/span> since<\/span> it<\/span> lost<\/span> legal<\/span> protection<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> four<\/span> years<\/span> ago.<\/span> \u00a0
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\n<\/span>Intended<\/span> to<\/span> encourage<\/span> the<\/span> village,<\/span> last<\/span> week’s<\/span> solidarity<\/span> rally<\/span> upset<\/span> Ali.<\/span> On<\/span> the<\/span> opposite<\/span> hill<\/span> Israeli<\/span> politicians<\/span> gathered<\/span> to<\/span> protest<\/span> and<\/span> demand<\/span> the<\/span> immediate<\/span> evacuation<\/span> of<\/span> Khan<\/span> al-Ahmar.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> long-running<\/span> controversy<\/span> over<\/span> Khan<\/span> al-Ahmal<\/span> has<\/span> resurfaced<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> flashpoint<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Israeli-Palestinian<\/span> conflict,<\/span> with<\/span> legal<\/span> deadlines<\/span> looming<\/span> and<\/span> Israel’s<\/span> new<\/span> far-right<\/span> ministers<\/span> urging<\/span> the<\/span> Supreme<\/span> Court<\/span> to<\/span> wipe<\/span> out<\/span> villages.<\/span> Off<\/span> the<\/span> map<\/span> urging<\/span> governments<\/span> to<\/span> implement<\/span> their<\/span> approved<\/span> 2018<\/span> commitments.<\/span> Israel<\/span> contends<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> hamlet,<\/span> home<\/span> to<\/span> nearly<\/span> 200<\/span> Palestinians<\/span> and<\/span> an<\/span> EU-funded<\/span> school,<\/span> was<\/span> built<\/span> illegally<\/span> on<\/span> state<\/span> land.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>For<\/span> Palestinians,<\/span> Khan<\/span> al-Ahmar<\/span> is<\/span> emblematic<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> latest<\/span> stage<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> decades-long<\/span> conflict,<\/span> as<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> Palestinians<\/span> struggle<\/span> for<\/span> Israeli<\/span> permission<\/span> to<\/span> build<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> 60%<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> occupied<\/span> West<\/span> Bank<\/span> over<\/span> which<\/span> the<\/span> Israeli<\/span> military<\/span> has<\/span> full<\/span> control.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>After<\/span> a<\/span> spasm<\/span> of<\/span> violence<\/span> last<\/span> week<\/span> \u2014<\/span> including<\/span> the<\/span> deadliest<\/span> Israeli<\/span> raid<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank<\/span> for<\/span> two<\/span> decades<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> deadliest<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> civilians<\/span> in<\/span> Jerusalem<\/span> since<\/span> 2008<\/span> \u2014<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Benjamin<\/span> Netanyahu<\/span> responded<\/span> Saturday<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> vow<\/span> to<\/span> strengthen<\/span> Jewish<\/span> settlements<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Israeli-controlled<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank,<\/span> where<\/span> little<\/span> land<\/span> is<\/span> allocated<\/span> to<\/span> Palestinians.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Bedouins<\/span> fear<\/span> the<\/span> brakes<\/span> may<\/span> be<\/span> off<\/span> now<\/span> that<\/span> Israel<\/span> has<\/span> its<\/span> most<\/span> right-wing<\/span> government<\/span> in<\/span> history.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>At<\/span> a<\/span> Cabinet<\/span> meeting<\/span> last<\/span> week,<\/span> Israel’s<\/span> national<\/span> security<\/span> minister,<\/span> Itamar<\/span> Ben-Gvir,<\/span> demanded<\/span> that<\/span> Khan<\/span> al-Ahmar<\/span> be<\/span> demolished<\/span> \u201cjust<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> defense<\/span> minister<\/span> chose<\/span> to<\/span> destroy<\/span> a<\/span> Jewish<\/span> outpost\u201d<\/span> built<\/span> illegally<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank.<\/span> Khan<\/span> al-Ahmar<\/span> leader<\/span> Eid<\/span> Abu<\/span> Khamis,<\/span> 56,<\/span> said<\/span> fear<\/span> had<\/span> returned<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> hut<\/span> group.<\/span> “They<\/span> want<\/span> to<\/span> loot<\/span> the<\/span> land<\/span> and<\/span> give<\/span> it<\/span> to<\/span> settlers,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> U.S.<\/span> government<\/span> has<\/span> expressed<\/span> concern<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Israeli<\/span> government<\/span> about<\/span> the<\/span> proposed<\/span> expulsion<\/span> of<\/span> Palestinians<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank,<\/span> the<\/span> U.S.<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> Affairs<\/span> Agency<\/span> said,<\/span> citing<\/span> the<\/span> cases<\/span> of<\/span> Khan<\/span> al-Ahmar<\/span> and<\/span> Masafa<\/span> Yatta<\/span> in<\/span> so-called<\/span> Zone<\/span> C.<\/span><\/p>\n

This<\/span> zone<\/span> includes<\/span> his<\/span> 60%<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> Bank,<\/span> which<\/span> is<\/span> said<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> under<\/span> full<\/span> Israeli<\/span> control.<\/span> This<\/span> contrasts<\/span> with<\/span> other<\/span> areas,<\/span> including<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> populated<\/span> areas,<\/span> where<\/span> the<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> Authority<\/span> has<\/span> private<\/span> and<\/span> partial<\/span> security<\/span> control.<\/span> The<\/span> boundaries<\/span> of<\/span> these<\/span> different<\/span> zones<\/span> were<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> 1995<\/span> Oslo<\/span> Peace<\/span> Accords.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>This<\/span> was<\/span> a<\/span> provisional<\/span> agreement<\/span> that<\/span> would<\/span> last<\/span> for<\/span> five<\/span> years<\/span> before<\/span> reaching<\/span> a<\/span> final<\/span> peace<\/span> agreement.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Nearly<\/span> 30<\/span> years<\/span> later,<\/span> Area<\/span> C<\/span> is<\/span> home<\/span> to<\/span> about<\/span> half<\/span> a<\/span> million<\/span> Israelis<\/span> living<\/span> in<\/span> dozens<\/span> of<\/span> settlements<\/span> deemed<\/span> illegal<\/span> under<\/span> international<\/span> law.<\/span> They<\/span> live<\/span> with<\/span> 180,000<\/span> he<\/span> to<\/span> 300,000<\/span> Palestinians,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Nations<\/span> estimates<\/span> that<\/span> they<\/span> have<\/span> few<\/span> building<\/span> permits.<\/span> If<\/span> you<\/span> build<\/span> a<\/span> house<\/span> without<\/span> a<\/span> permit,<\/span> it<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> leveled<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> military<\/span> bulldozer.<\/span> Netanyahu’s<\/span> coalition<\/span> partners<\/span> have<\/span> a<\/span> radically<\/span> different<\/span> vision<\/span> for<\/span> Zone<\/span> C<\/span> than<\/span> the<\/span> one<\/span> outlined<\/span> in<\/span> Oslo.<\/span> They<\/span> want<\/span> to<\/span> increase<\/span> the<\/span> settler<\/span> population,<\/span> eliminate<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> construction<\/span> and<\/span> even<\/span> annex<\/span> the<\/span> territory.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Khan Al Ahmar, WEST BANK (AP) — Protesters ascending the windswept hills east of Jerusalem disrupted Maha Ali’s breakfast. Over the chirping of birds and the cry of sheep, Palestinians support the West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, which has been at risk of being destroyed by Israeli forces since it lost legal protection […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,280,2425],"tags":[646,696,699,948,949,950],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/PL.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3615,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3613\/revisions\/3615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}