22 Oct 2018 | 01:46 PM UTC

Israel/Palestinian Terr.: Khan Al-Ahmar demolition postponed until further notice /update 3

Israeli government postpones demolition of Khan Al-Ahmar village until further notice

TIMEFRAME expected from 10/22/2018, 12:00 AM until 10/29/2018, 11:59 PM (Asia/Jerusalem). COUNTRY/REGION West Bank

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Israel/Palestinian Terr.: Military deployed to Khan Al-Ahmar (West Bank) October 10 /update 2

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Israel/Palestinian Terr.: Israeli forces raze Khan Al-Ahmar protest site Sep. 13 /update 1

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Israel/Palestine Terr.: Israeli court authorizes demolition of West Bank village Sep. 5

Event

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the postponement on Sunday, October 21, of the demolition of the Bedouin village of Khan Al-Ahmar (West Bank) until further notice. Military forces have been deployed to the village since October 10. Initially scheduled for October 1, the demolition has been widely denounced; Palestinian and foreign protesters gathered in the village in recent weeks. The Israeli government has announced it would consider potential negotiations.

Context

On September 5, Israel's Supreme Court authorized the demolition of Khan Al-Ahmar and the eviction of the village's residents after locals failed to secure the necessary permits to keep the village intact. Activists claim that it was prohibitively difficult to obtain such permits and that the move is part of a broader Israeli plan to build a crescent of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, which would separate Palestinian areas of the territory from East Jerusalem.

Advice

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