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WATCH: Israel is trying to destroy this village


Willy Lowry
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Israel’s top court suspended on Thursday the planned demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank.

Khan Al Ahmar lies next to one of the biggest Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Israel wants to destroy the village so it can further connect the settlement to Jerusalem.

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Read more:

Israeli court suspends razing of Bedouin village in West Bank

Israel is bulldozing Khan Al Ahmar – and with it the two-state solution

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