The Israeli government was set on Sunday to ask the Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, to dismiss a petition seeking to force the state to evacuate the illegal Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar.
The government will cite ongoing negotiations with the residents of the encampment on a compromise plan to resettle them, along with the potential diplomatic and security ramifications associated with the prospective demolition.
Khan al-Ahmar has been an issue since 2009. It’s high time for this illegal outpost to be removed. No more negotiations. The longer it is allowed to stand only demonstrates that the current government is concerned with left-wing actions that appease the enemy and not those that benefit a Sovereign nation.