Government says it doesn’t intend to demolish Bedouin village for another 4 months

The government tells the High Court of Justice it does not intend to raze the West Bank village of Khan al-Ahmar in the next four months.

In a filing with the court, the government says it intends to use the time to reach “a plan for an agreed upon implementation of the demolition orders” in the Bedouin hamlet.

The government was responding to a petition from the pro-settlement Regavim NGO, which is asking the court to order the government to lay out a timeline for the demolition.

The High Court gave the go ahead to raze Khan al-Ahmar in September 2018, but the demolition has been delayed despite repeated promises by Prime Minister Netanyahu to swiftly raze the village.

There has been international pressure on Israel to not go through with demolishing Khan Al-Ahmar, which Israeli authorities say was built illegally.