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October 17, 2018

Israel Set to Raze Palestinian Village for Settlement Construction
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In the occupied West Bank, Israeli bulldozers have entered the
Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar ahead of its planned
demolition. In September, Israel's Supreme Court approved a plan to raze
the village to make way for an expansion of two nearby Jewish-only
settlements. The plan will force the relocation of the village's 180
residents to an area next to a landfill. On Monday, Israeli forces
arrested four villagers and injured seven as they protested the arrival
of demolition teams. This is Bedouin villager Ahmad Abu Dahouk speaking
last month.

Ahmad Abu Dahouk: "We ask all the free people and the Arab nation to
react. It is a war crime. The Israeli authorities want to demolish and
evacuate us. Are they going to send us to a better place? No, they will
not. They will relocate us to a worse place."



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