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Residents and activists voiced Wednesday their concern that Israel is preparing to shave a Bedouin village in a strategic part of the occupied West Bank ignoring international calls for a reprieve.
Khan al-Ahmar on Tuesday, authorizing him to seize the roads to the village.
Heavy equipment, including at least one bulldozer, was seen Wednesday around the village, suggesting that a road was being evacuated. demolition.
"Today, they are undertaking infrastructure works to facilitate the demolition and forcible transfer of residents," AFP spokesman Amit Gilutz told AFP. of the man B & # 39; Tselem
. the school was built illegally and in May, the Supreme Court rejected a final appeal against its demolition.
But activists say villagers had little alternative but to build with Israeli authorities said they offered villagers a relocation site because documents are almost impossible to get for Palestinians in this part of the occupied West Bank. They did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Britain's state minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, visited the village in May and called on the Israeli government to show restraint.
Forced resettlement "could constitute a forcible transfer of persons with respect to the United Nations."
Forced transfer is considered a violation of the Geneva Conventions
Khan al-Ahmar is located at East of Jerusalem near several Israeli settlements. A road leading to the Dead Sea.
Activists worried The construction of Israeli settlements in the region could split the West Bank in two.
Protesters waving Palestinian flags try to stop a bulldozer from crossing the Palestinian village of Bedouins. Khan al-Ahmar, in the occupied West Bank, on July 4, 2018, as the Israeli army intensifies its preparations to demolish it
Residents of the Palestinian Bedo On July 4, 2018, the village of Khan al-Ahmar, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, going about its daily business as the Israeli army prepares to demolish it by ignoring international calls for a reprieve
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