The fight for Khan al-Ahmar is reaching a climax again:
next week the state is expected to answer to the High Court what the future of the illegal Palestinian outpost on Route 1 on the way to the Dead Sea will be - and all parties are preparing for a confrontation.
Members of Knesset Danny Danon and Yuli Edelstein are expected to arrive tomorrow (Monday) with Likud branch heads for a tour of the place, where they will demand that law and order be maintained - and that the outpost be evacuated.
The members of the Knesset, who were disappointed with the distribution of the cases in the government, will hold a briefing on behalf of the "Regavim" organization and will make statements to the media.
Danny Danon, photography: Dodi Vaaknin
Yuli Edelstein, photo: Dodi Vaknin
As I recall, these are two MKs who were disappointed after the elections with the positions they received from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Edelstein was finally elected in the Knesset as chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, after not sparing criticism from Netanyahu, while Danon did not receive an official position and will serve as a full-fledged MK. Danon, who returned to the Knesset After serving as ambassador to the United Nations, he did not spare his disappointment with Netanyahu in an interview with Israel Hayom after the elections.
Due Date
At the Likud faction meeting, Danon demanded that the state's answer to the High Court be "a date for eviction". Danon said that this is an illegal Bedouin settlement established on state land near Jerusalem. According to him, the answer should be clear - Khan al-Ahmar will be evicted immediately.
Pressure from home.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, photo: Oren Ben Hakon
The words of the members of the Knesset from the Likud come against the background of a demand by the Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gabir at the cabinet meeting today to evacuate Khan al-Ahmar and other Arab outposts.
"The law must be enforced against all populations," said the minister.
Ben Gabir's expected demand was published for the first time in Israel Hayom.
Not without protest
At the same time, Israeli activists who help the people of the Jahalin tribe, who live in Khan al-Ahmar, are rolling up their sleeves.
Ahead of the state's response, they hold a series of briefings for journalists to convey the message that the outpost should be left intact.
The Palestinians are also preparing for a fight over the place that has become a symbol.
Five years after the High Court's decision that the illegal outpost must be evacuated, the Palestinians are preparing for it to be evacuated, but not without protest on their part. In recent days, Palestinian calls to oppose the evacuation have been circulated on social media, and it is likely that these will increase in the coming days.
The minister raised the issue.
Itamar Ben Gabir and Prime Minister Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting (archive), photo: Haim Tzach/L.A.M.
"We must support the residents of Khan al-Ahmar in response to the settlers' calls to demand their displacement," read many posts and tweets on social media, against the backdrop of photos of PLO flags in the outpost. Activists issued a clear call to go to Khan al-Ahmar next week in order to Stop the plan to evacuate them. "There is an intention of the Israeli extreme right to attack Khan al-Ahmar and push for the displacement of its residents," it said.
"Aspire to uproot"
Sheikh Naja Bakirt, head of the Al-Aqsa and Heritage Academy, said that "the occupation government aims to displace the residents of Jerusalem, limit them in every way and reduce the Palestinian presence in the holy city. The people of Khan al-Ahmar are ready to confront the occupation plans, and these They will only increase their determination and firmness," he claimed.
The Friends of Jahlin organization responded: "It takes a great deal of cynicism to promote illegal outposts around Khan al-Ahmar and at the same time demand its eviction, even though it was in place before all the Jewish settlements. While the Israeli outposts were approved, not a single request out of 12 The plans submitted by the Bedouins for the settlement were not approved. The right-wing organizations that think that the area is intended only for Jews and ignore the Bedouins in the area could complicate the country at the international level and with the court in The Hague.
"In the past year, the state promoted a plan for a residential alternative, which is located near Khan on state land and
takes into account the culture and needs of the Bedouins. It is time to regulate their residences."
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