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July 4 (UPI) – Israeli authorities on Wednesday demolished nine houses and three other structures used for agricultural purposes in the Bedouin village of Abu Nawwar, near the Ma'am settlement. Adumim in the West Bank
Abu Nawwar, the Tselem rights group, told The Times of Israel that 62 people, half of whom were minors, found themselves homeless. Israeli authorities demolished a school in the community in February, claiming that it had been built illegally.
The community is home to 687 Palestinians, 65% of whom are children, community spokesman Daoud Jahaleen told The Anadolu Agency
. Also on Wednesday, residents of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar clashed with the Israeli police during a protest against the evictions and the imminent demolition. Police said in a statement that 11 people had been arrested during disturbances on the site, some for throwing stones at the officers.
The residents of Khan al-Ahmar and protesters tried to prevent the advancement of an access road for demolition. Some climbed on a bulldozer.
Tuesday night, the Israeli Civil Administration hung opinions around Khan al-Ahmar, warning that they would be expelled.
Bedouin men of the Jahalain tribe are seated in a tent at the entrance to the village of Al Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank, which is to be the subject of an immediate demolition by Israel. Photo by Debbie Hill / UPI
Israeli officials said the houses were built without a permit. Israel wants to expand the Kfar Adumim settlement.
Authorities plan to transfer residents to Al Jabel, a village near the Abu Dis dump.
Several dozen families of the Jahalin Bedouin clan settled in the village. Expulsion of the Negev in the 1950s.
On May 24, three Supreme Court justices, Noam Sohlberg, Anat Baron and Yael Willner, authorized the state to demolish the houses.
Nearly 7,000 people from 46 Bedouin communities live on public lands.
"We are all concerned about all," said Liz Throssell, spokesman for the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, in a UN statement Tuesday.
International humanitarian law prohibits the forcible transfer of the population of an occupied territory, for whatever reason, she noted
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