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Haitham Ahmed Offering economic incentives while annexing settlements and displacing Palestinians, Israel is redoubling its efforts to unite Jerusalem as its official capital Palestinian political and economic analysts and observers are leery of Israel’s five-year plan worth two billion shekels to fund education and transportation in East Jerusalem, since simultaneously …

Anti-occupation group protest to stop demolition of famous school at Khan al-Ahmar Bedouin village in the West Bank Kyle Mackie An anti-occupation group placed 174 backpacks in front of the Supreme Court building in Jerusalem on Tuesday, protesting the state’s plan to demolish the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in …

In May, the Israeli High Court ruled against the Palestinian Bedouin community of Al Khan al Ahmar and all Bedouin refugees living in Area C. The Bedouin school and village may be demolished at any time. Pressure by the British government on Israel has often been known to help prevent …

David Shulman -1- Today the shepherds wanted to set out at dawn. In summer, here on the outskirts of Jericho, by 9 or 9:30 in the morning it’s already over 38 degrees (100 Fahrenheit)—too hot even for goats. So we leave Jerusalem at first light, and by 6:30 we find …

By Oren Liebermann, CNN Prince William begins historic trip 01:17 Jerusalem (CNN)The Duke of Cambridge faces perhaps his biggest international test to date in his trip to the Middle East, where he will have to juggle politics, diplomacy and royalty. British royal visits usually try to stay above politics, but any foray into …

By David M. Halbfinger and Rami Nazzal KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank — The herders are being herded. Any day now, the Israeli Army says, bulldozers will arrive to wipe the West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar off the map. For decades, Israel has wanted to clear a large section of the West …

The UN General Assembly resolution adopted on June 13 by a vote of 120 in favour, eight opposed and 45 abstentions, condemned Israel’s brutal treatment of Palestinians and called for their protection. Among supporters were 12 European states, including France, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Ireland, Norway, Finland, Portugal and Greece. Sixteen …

By: Daniel Sokatch There is a Bedouin village in the West Bank called Khan al Ahmar. The residents of the village – 32 families – belong to the Jahalin tribe. They used to live in the Negev. In the 1950s, after they were driven out of that area, they made their …

Israeli and Palestinian leaders should take note of the conflict in Khan al-Ahmar, and write its lessons large Jun 18, 2018, A boy walks through the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, near the Jerusalem-Dead Sea highway, on April 13, 2018. (Yaniv Nadav/ Flash90) This week, Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt …

I find it exceptionally irritating when I hear liberals worry about whether Israel will be able to remain a “Jewish and Democratic State” if it retains control of occupied Palestinian lands. It’s irritating because Israel is not now a democratic state, nor has it ever tried to be one. A …