Palestinians Protest West Bank Village Demolition

Date: 14 September 2018 - 21:19

News ID: ۵۷۳۴۶

WEST BANK (Dispatches) – Clashes have broken out between Zionist troops and a group of Palestinian protesters over the demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its land expropriation policies in the occupied territories irrespective of great international outcry.
On Friday, dozens of protesters and residents of Khan al-Ahmar village came together to express their deep resentment over the occupying regime’s move.
Video footage broadcast by a number of Palestinian news agencies show Israeli troops scuffling with the protesters and even in some cases pushing them aggressively away.
In one scene, Zionist troops are seen violently dragging a Palestinian man on the ground.
Last week, the Israeli High Court approved plans for the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar village. It could be razed within the coming days.
Zionist officials allege that Palestinian structures there have been built without the relevant building permits and pose a threat to residents because of their proximity to a highway.
Critics, on the other hand, maintain that building permits are nearly impossible to obtain for Palestinians in Israeli-controlled areas of the West Bank and the demolition is meant to clear the way for new settlements.
The European Parliament has passed a resolution, warning that the reigme’s decision to demolish Khan al-Ahmar village would constitute a grave violation of international law and threaten peace efforts with the Palestinians.
The institution, in a 320 to 277 vote on Thursday, passed a resolution against Israel that called for monetary compensation for financial losses should Khan al-Ahmar be demolished.
The resolution stated that "the status quo in this area is of fundamental importance for the viability of the two-state solution and for the establishment of a contiguous and viable Palestinian state in the future."
The EU also called upon Israel to compensate it for the infrastructure it had built in the village "ten EU member states are supporting humanitarian programs in Khan al-Ahmar, including the construction of a primary school, and an estimated 315,000 Euros worth of EU-funded humanitarian assistance is now at risk."
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority has submitted a new complaint over the Israeli "war crime" against Khan al-Ahmar village at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Palestinian protesters clash with Zionist troops over the expected demolition of Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank on September 14, 2018.