West Bank-Palestine-January 23, 2023

 Reporter of CJ |Hedie  Hazem

   Huge demonstration launched in the occupied east Jerusalem from  Residents of Khan al-Ahmar and  Palestinians

 after demands from the Israeli minister of national security Itamar Ben-Gvir to demolish the red Khan community, this call was opposed to the attempts of Knesset members from the far-right Likud party to displace the villagers.

At the weekly Israeli government meeting, in response to the evacuation of an Israeli outpost set up by settlers, including the grandson of Rabbi Drukman, on the lands of the village of "gorish" southeast of Nablus, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the demolition of the Khan al-Ahmar community, reviewing what he described as the "unauthorized" construction of Palestinians in these areas.

Khan al-Ahmar is a Palestinian village inhabited by Bedouins, where about 200 people live, including about 90 children. It is built of metal and wooden huts and is located 15 km east of Occupied Jerusalem on a desert Hill next to a highway connecting Jerusalem with the Dead Sea.

The origin of the inhabitants goes back to the Jahalin tribe, who were expelled from the Negev in 1952, about five years after the establishment of the Hebrew state.

For many years, successive Israeli governments have harassed the residents of Khan by demolishing structures and restricting the movement of its residents in contravention of Bedouin customs, while its residents have stood in front of Israeli bulldozers on more than one occasion to prevent the demolition of their simple homes.

The courts have also postponed the demolition decision more than once, in which international pressure has played a major role in the survival of the community so far, for example, the International Criminal Court warned the Israeli government against displacing residents or demolishing the village.

The Israeli authorities want the land on which Khan al-Ahmar is located because they have classified it as part of their settlement project within the "E1"area. This is a project to separate the southern West Bank from its center and isolate the West Bank from Occupied Jerusalem, in a scheme that also aims to link Jerusalem with Israeli settlements.

There are 13 Bedouin compounds in Jerusalem located within the scope of the "E1" area on the evacuation schedule, in addition to 12 communities located along the project, which is part of Israel's plan known as"Greater Jerusalem.