Dozens of Palestinians who demonstrated with PLO flags in Khan al-Ahmar looked tiny from the hill where Knesset members Danny Danon and Yuli Edshaltein were standing, and demanded to vacate the illegal outpost located next to Highway No. 1 on the way to the Dead Sea. "This is Netanyahu's test moment, Smotritz ', Gallant and Ben Gvir," Danon said. Edelstein added: "The time has come to act.

We are the owners of the house.

Evacuate Khan al-Ahmar."

June Rickner

Five years after the decision of the High Court of Justice, according to which the Palestinian outpost can be evacuated, it seems that perhaps we are on the verge of a decision on the issue. After dozens of discussions, evasions, outlines and solutions that did not come to fruition, the state will have to give a clear answer next Monday as to why the outpost is no longer not evacuate, and what will be done with the dozens of houses, shacks and tents that are in the small wadi. This is the time of the government's test, and on the right as well as on the left the question is asked: will Netanyahu evacuate Khan al-Ahmar as he promised years ago, or will another solution be found this time as well ?

Palestinian demonstration in Khan al-Ahmar,

"We expect the Prime Minister of Israel to fulfill the promise of the State of Israel regarding the relocation of the Bedouin outpost," Boaz Ido, chairman of the Jerusalem Surrounding Forum, told "Israel Today" as we watched Khan Al-Ahmar. "I look at this as a citizen. State of Israel.

We are sitting on road number 1 that leads to the capital city of Jerusalem and recognize that there is an illegal settlement led and funded by the Palestinian Authority.

It can not be.

If I need permission to build a balcony, they certainly can't build a settlement.

It's a very simple story.

These 15 houses should be taken and transferred after honor to Abu Dis.

They will have a much better life there."

"Transfer them to Abu Dis"

There is almost no debate about one thing: the Bedouins who live in Khan al-Ahmar are dangerous and subject to pressure from all directions.

On the one hand, the Israeli government and the right wing who demand to evict them immediately;

On the other hand, the Palestinian Authority, which is taking advantage of the publicized conflict to blacken Israel's face and claim that it is harming the Palestinians.

In the middle are the Bedouins, who make a living mainly from grazing, and who do not know who to listen to.

To find a solution.

Prof. Dan Turner, photo: Hanan Greenwood

A group of residents from Kfar Adumim, which calls itself "Friends of Jahalin", has been helping the Bedouins in their struggle for several years, trying to find an agreed solution that will satisfy all parties.

Prof. Dan Turner, a senior at Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, who is one of the leaders of the move, is working behind the scenes to reach such a solution.

"These are people who have been living in the area for decades, even before the establishment of Kfar Adumim, and in the 1970s found themselves on state land after their residential areas were expropriated by the state. With all due respect to the struggle, there are people here and a solution needs to be found for them. As Jews and as Israelis we must act In order to prevent them from being harmed."

Turner says that the demonstration with PLO flags is an initiative of the Palestinian Authority, which is exploiting the Bedouins for the purpose of assimilating the agenda.

The solution that the people of the right want to promote is the transfer of Khan al-Ahmar to the plots prepared for this purpose by the Israeli government in Abu Dis. But According to the Bedouins, these areas are not suitable for them and may cause conflicts.

There are several other alternatives that are being considered behind the scenes," says Turner.

"Everyone is taking advantage of us"

An hour after the MKs' statement, I arrived, accompanied by Turner, at a nearby Bedouin mahal, sometimes referred to as "Khan al-Ahmar 2". I was greeted by Abu Raad, the head of the community, and Abu Suleiman, who serves as the director of a sewage treatment plant in the area. The commotion that reigns in the outpost The Palestinian woman next door did not come here, and a black goat grazes quietly in the garden set up between the tents.

Abu Suleiman, a resident of Khan Al Ahmar, photo: Hanan Greenwood

"Everyone is taking advantage of us," says Abu Suleiman.

"The Israelis are telling us to go to Ramallah or Jericho, and the Palestinian Authority has no power in the area and is unable to even supply us with water in the area. They have no power - what can they help us with? We are between each other, and we don't know what to do. We have no choice but to stay where we are. , until maybe a day will come when the Israeli government will bring us something suitable. They want to put us in Abu Dis. But we will be there like a box of cigarettes next to each other, and there are wars there, every day we will be shot at."

What about us and politics?

Abu Ra'ad, a resident of Khan al-Ahmar, photo: Hanan Greenwood

Abu Raad adds: "We don't cause problems. We want to be neighbors of Kfar Adumim and Mitzpe Jericho. They claim that we made a mess for them, but it's all nonsense. What do we care about politics? We care about living and working. We want to be free. They want the land This is to build more and more. They want the territory. We are Palestinians by ID, but we see ourselves as Muslims. I have no problem living next door to Israelis. If they bring me an Israeli identity card, I have no problem. Just let me stay."

Brushing swords

It is not clear what the Israeli government's solution will be, but it is difficult to see how the incident will be resolved.

The Palestinian Authority is sharpening swords for the publicized event, the Israelis demand to enforce the law and not allow the Bedouin to do as they please, the Bedouin claim that everyone is trying to attack them and that they simply want to live and work in the place where they have been living for years.

Sometimes it seems that if it were up to the Israeli government - it would never have made a decision on the explosive issue.

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