EU Countries File Protest Against Israel’s Upcoming Demolition of Bedouin Village
- EU Countries File Protest Against Israel’s Upcoming Demolition of Bedouin Village
by Noa Landau, Yotam Berger, https://www.haaretz.com/
Diplomats from twelve countries visited Khan al-Ahmar after locals clashed with police. The diplomats were blocked from visiting a school in the village, after Israel declares the area a ‘closed military zone’
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U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Spain submitted on Thursday an urgent official protest against Israeli authorities’ plan to demolish Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar. Diplomats from France, U.K., Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and Ireland took part in the visit to the village on Thursday.
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Israeli authorities banned them from visiting the symbolic decade-old school made of tires, which is in a closed military zone.
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On Wednesday, eleven people were arrested after throwing stones at security forces and dozens of Palestinians were wounded, according to the Red Crescent, in protests against the demolition.
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