The DFLP threatens Israel: “We advise the occupation not to mess with” Khan Al-Ahmar

Headline:“TheDemocraticFront[fortheLiberationofPalestine]:KhanAl-Ahmarisaticking bomb,whichweadvisetheoccupationstatenottomesswith”

“Inastatementtoday[Jan.25,2023],theDemocraticFrontfortheLiberationofPalestine(DFLP)warned the occupation government not to mess with the issue of Khan Al-Ahmar(i.e.,illegalBedouinsettlement;seenotebelow),because it is a ticking bomb that, if it will explode, it will have great consequences throughout the occupied Palestinian West Bank, and especially in occupied Jerusalem…

TheDFLPsaidinitsstatement:‘TakingcontrolovertheareaofKhanAl-Ahmarwillbetantamounttoabombthatisliabletoburntheonewhomesseswithit,becauseineffectthistargetsthecapitaloftheStateofPalestine.’”

[Ma’an,independentPalestiniannewsagency,Jan.25,2023]

Khan Al-Ahmar is a site where Palestinian Bedouins have illegally erected dwellings and a school, mostly simple shacks, on land in Area C (i.e., land under full Israeli administration according to the Oslo Accords). The Israeli authorities have ordered the demolition of these structures and offered alternative sites for them. A number of petitions to the Israeli Supreme Court against the demolition orders have been considered and then rejected by the court. As of October 31, 2018, the illegally constructed buildings have not been demolished. Palestinians have held protests at the site against the demolition, some of which have turned violent.