{"id":13957,"date":"2018-09-05T16:22:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T16:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=13957"},"modified":"2018-09-05T16:22:45","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T16:22:45","slug":"mounting-global-fears-of-massacre-in-syrias-idlib","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=13957","title":{"rendered":"Mounting global fears of \u2018massacre\u2019 in Syria\u2019s Idlib"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nJERUSALEM: Israel\u2019s top court on Wednesday upheld an order to raze a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, clearing the way for the demolition to go ahead despite international pressure.
The ruling means that in seven days authorities will be allowed to raze Khan Al-Ahmar, which Israel says was built illegally.
\u201cWe reject the petitions\u201d against the directive to demolish Khan Al-Ahmar, the supreme court panel said in its decision, adding that a temporary order preventing the razing of the village during court hearings \u201cwill be canceled in seven days from today.\u201d
It will now be down to the authorities to decide when to carry out the demolition after the restriction order ends.
The United Nations, European Union and rights groups have opposed the razing of the village, which consists mainly of makeshift structures of tin and wood.
They argue the move will enable Israeli settlement expansion that would cut the West Bank in two, making the prospects of a Palestinian state even dimmer.
In May, Israel\u2019s Supreme Court rejected a final appeal against its demolition after nine years of hearings before various tribunals.
The court said Khan Al-Ahmar residents had rejected proposals by the state regarding the site of their relocation, and expressed hope \u201cthe dialogue\u201d would continue.
Activists say the villagers had little alternative but to build without Israeli construction permits that are almost never issued to Palestinians in the large parts of the West Bank where Israel has full control over civil affairs.
Hussein Abu Dahook, a resident of the hamlet, said the court wanted to \u201cexpel Palestinians and replace them with Israelis.\u201d
\u201cWe are already refugees, we were expelled 70 years ago, and they want us to move again?\u201d he said, referring to the 1948 war that accompanied Israel\u2019s foundation and forced many Arabs from their homes.
But while Israel has \u201cguns and tanks,\u201d residents of Khan Al-Ahmar would \u201cstay to the end,\u201d Abu Dahook vowed.
Tawfiq Jabareen, one of the lawyers representing Khan Al-Ahmar residents in the petitions, said the court \u201cwas following Israel\u2019s right-wing government\u201d in its ruling, which he said was \u201clegally wrong.\u201d
\u201cIt is not based on legal arguments and contradicts past supreme court rulings,\u201d he told AFP. \u201cThis is unfortunately what the government wants, and the court doesn\u2019t want to intervene.\u201d
Jabareen said there were currently no understandings between the state and residents on a voluntary relocation.
\u201cI\u2019ve never seen someone who\u2019s being expelled and whose house is being destroyed sitting idly by,\u201d he said.
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who oversees the occupation of the West Bank, praised the judges for their decision in the face of \u201cthe coordinated attack of hypocrisy by (Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas), the left and European states.\u201d
\u201cNobody is above the law, nobody will keep us from acting on our sovereignty and responsibility as a state,\u201d he said.
Khan Al-Ahmar, which is east of Jerusalem, is located near several major Israeli settlements and close to a highway leading to the Dead Sea.
Diplomats from Belgium, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the European Union in July expressed their support of the village, and the UN\u2019s humanitarian coordinator for the Palestinian territories, Jamie McGoldrick, condemned the Israeli demolition order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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