{"id":1315,"date":"2012-02-02T19:24:42","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T17:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jahalin.org\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2012-02-02T19:24:42","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T17:24:42","slug":"washington-post-discusses-plan-to-move-bedouin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/?p=1315","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post discusses plan to move Bedouin"},"content":{"rendered":"

December 2011<\/h3>\n

“Israeli plan to move West Bank Bedouin stirs controversy”<\/span><\/h2>\n

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A plan by the Israeli authorities to relocate about 2,000 Palestinian Bedouins living in the desert hills east of Jerusalem is raising concerns among U.N. officials and human rights advocates about Israel\u2019s aims in a strategic area of the West Bank.<\/h5>\n

“…Id Jahalin, 46, a member of a local action committee in Khan al-Ahmar, said that members of his tribe had been living at the site before Kfar Adumim was built and had no intention of leaving. \u201cI was born here,\u201d he said. \u201cThe settlers have roads, electricity and phone service. What\u2019s the problem with giving us the same?\u201d<\/p>\n

Jahalin said he believed the motive behind the Israeli plan was to \u201cevict the people and clear the land for the settlements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Raphael Engel, a settlement official who monitors land issues for Kfar Adumim, said the Bedouins at Khan al-Ahmar were illegal squatters on land that falls inside the settlement\u2019s municipal boundary, which stretches far beyond its built-up area.<\/p>\n

The area, Engel said, is a part of the land reserve for the settlement\u2019s future expansion, which he said could include \u201cgreen areas, commercial structures, public buildings and a school.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mission is to safeguard these areas for the benefit of the state of Israel in the future,\u201d Engel added. \u201cThese are strategic areas.\u201d..”<\/p>\n

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Full article by Joel Greenberg here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/israeli-plan-to-move-west-bank-bedouin-stirs-controversy\/2011\/12\/12\/gIQAhqCiqO_story_1.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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