September 30, 2018 Updated: October 1, 2018 08:43 AM<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\n\nThousands of Palestinians are expected to descend on the West Bank village of Khan Al Ahmar on Monday as an Israeli deadline for residents to leave their homes expires, raising fears it will be demolished.Palestinian officials and activists say the \u201cintensive mobilising\u201d is to stop Israeli forces, which occupy large parts of the West Bank, from demolishing the Bedouin village after the Monday midnight deadline passes.They will be joined by several foreign diplomatic representatives, mostly from European Union member states, who the Palestinians have called in to witness events at the village.\u201cPeople are going tonight. I think they [Israeli soldiers] will move in,\u201d a Palestinian official told The National<\/em>.Israeli courts issued the demolition order earlier this month and Israeli security forces have delivered letters to residents telling them to move by October 1, or the demolition order will be enforced.Dozens have remained at the village for several months, but the Palestinian presence is set to increase as Israel edges closer to demolishing the village. The Palestinians believe the move will clear the way for further connections between illegal Jewish settlements from Jerusalem to the Jordan Valley, and will cut off East Jerusalem from the West Bank.The village, which has a population of around 180, including 92 children, is located between the settlements of Ma’ale Adumim and Kfar Adumim. The residents of the makeshift hamlet next to an Israeli highway lack basic infrastructure and eke a living by farming goats and sheep.The majority of the international community considers Israel\u2019s settlement enterprise to be illegal under international law and counter to a two-state solution under which a sovereign Palestinian state would co-exist alongside Israel.A general strike in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza on Monday will have a dual purpose. Israel\u2019s Arab community will strike against the recent Nation State Law that declares only Jews have the right to self-determination in what is modern-day Israel, but which Palestinians view as their historic land.The strike will also allow Palestinians to travel to Khan Al Ahmar to protest against its planned demolition, says Lama Nazeh, senior member of the popular committees against the wall and the settlements.\u201cEverything will be closed. All the institutions. All the commercial stores. So people can go there and protect the community there,\u201d the lawyer, who will travel to the village on Monday, told The National<\/em>.She predicted there would be \u201chundreds\u201d of protesters at the village to stave off its destruction, from Sunday night, and from Monday, \u201ctomorrow, thousands\u201d.The protests will be peaceful in line with international law in the face of what Palestinians say is a breach of that global code.\u201cThe demolition is a war crime,\u201d says Ms Nazeh. \u201cIt\u2019s unfair on the civilians, and the confiscation of the land for the interests of the settlements is illegal in international law.\u201d\n\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Israeli soldiers are expected to descend on Khan Al Ahmar to enforce its demolition after Monday deadline Jack Moore September 30, 2018 Updated: October 1, 2018 08:43 AM Demonstrators wave Palestinian flags in front of Israeli troops as they protest against Israel’s plan to demolish the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan Al Ahmar. 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Demonstrators wave Palestinian flags in front of Israeli troops as they protest against Israel’s plan to demolish the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan Al Ahmar. EPA <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n