IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
News Roundup
A Christmas tree lighting ceremony was held in Khan al-Ahmar, a Bedouin village in the West Bank, that this year has been the focus of international outcry after an Israeli court ordered it be demolished.
on January 6, 2019
Fact Sheets
The IMEU offers an overview of notable events and facts and figures in Palestine over the course of 2018, including important political developments and statistics on casualties, home demolitions, and the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements. Photo: Mohammed Talatene / AP Images.
on January 3, 2019
Op-Eds & Analysis
The FT's Mehul Srivastava reports from Khan al Ahmar, which has been threatened with demolition after a decade-long legal battle, and explains how the settlement lies at the heart of the dispute over land east of Jerusalem.
on November 14, 2018
News Roundup
Personnel from the Defense Ministry and the army's Civil Administration in the West Bank began dismantling temporary structures on Tuesday at the site slated to house residents from the village of Khan al-Ahmar, after its planned evacuation.
on October 29, 2018
News Roundup
Bedouin children from Khan al-Ahmar stage sit-in in Jerusalem, protesting against imminent demolition of their village.
on October 8, 2018
News Roundup
October 1 marked the end of the period the Civil Administration had given the West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar to leave their village.
on October 8, 2018
News Roundup
Israeli authorities issued a notice to residents of a Bedouin village in a strategic spot in the occupied West Bank on Sunday informing them they have until the end of the month to leave.
on October 8, 2018
Op-Eds & Analysis
After years of resisting Israeli demolition orders, a tiny village seen as vital to Palestine’s hopes of statehood faces destruction. But at the local school, it is still very much business as usual.
on October 8, 2018
News Roundup
On Sept. 23, Israel told residents of Khan al-Ahmar, a Bedouin village in the West Bank slated for demolition, to clear their homes by Oct. 1. The village is inhabited by 173 people.
on September 27, 2018