Israel shaved Palestinian village

Khan Al-Ahmar: Residents and activists voiced Wednesday their concern that Israel is in danger. 39, prepares to shave a Bedouin village in a strategic part of the occupied West Bank ignoring international calls

Activists said the Israeli army had issued a warrant for arrest to the 173 residents of Khan Al Ahmar on Tuesday, allowing it to seize the roads to the village.

Heavy equipment, including at least one bulldozer, was seen Wednesday in the village, which suggested that a road was being prepared to facilitate its evacuation and demolition.

"Today, they proceed Amit Gilutz, spokesman for the Israeli group of human rights B & Tselem, told AFP that The main UN body for human rights expressed concern Tuesday over the destruction of its premises, the demolition expected, according to critics, is underway to make room for more Jewish settlements. 19659007] In a statement, a spokeswoman for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Israel to abandon the plans for demolition. "We call on the Israeli authorities not to proceed with the demolition of ( Khan al Ahmar), to respect the right of residents to stay on their land and to their status has been regularized, "said spokeswoman Liz Throssell.

Israeli authorities claim that the village and its school were built illegally and in May, the Supreme Court dismissed

But activists say that villagers n & # They had little choice but to build without Israeli building permits, as the documents were virtually impossible to obtain for Palestinians in this part of the occupied West Bank.

Israel's systematic policy is to make it difficult for Palestinians to build on their own land in order to thwart them and force them to undo them.

Israeli Demolitions of Palestinians The houses are regularly built and under the pretext that the owners have not obtained the legal permission to build.

Israel also demolishes the houses of resistance fighters or Palestinian activists as part of its policy of collective punishment.

Rights groups have blasted Israel 's ongoing colonization projects in the occupied West Bank, and Palestinians say such moves are evidence that Israel is no longer in the West Bank. is not serious about peace.

Britain's Minister of State for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, visited the village in May and called on the Israeli government to show restraint.

He warned that forced relocation

Forced transfer is considered a violation of the Geneva Conventions

Khan Al Ahmar is located east of occupied Jerusalem near several Israeli settlements along a road leading to the Dead Sea.

Activists are concerned that building Israeli settlements in the region could split the West Bank in two.