EU envoy warns against largest IDF eviction of Palestinians in decades
Israel’s High Court of Justice had ruled in May that the army could evict more than 1,000 Palestinians who live in scattered small herding villages in an IDF training area.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Published: JULY 7, 2022
The IDF may be poised to carry out the largest eviction of Palestinians in decades, warned European Union Representative Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff on Thursday as he visited some of the 11 endangered West Bank South Hebron Hills herding communities. “It cannot be that these people are left homeless and displaced,” Burgsdorff told reporters as he stood on a sandy road on the edge of a hill, in the hamlet of Khallet Athaba.
Israel’s High Court of Justice had ruled in May that the army could evict more than 1,000 Palestinians who live in scattered small herding villages in an IDF training area known as Firing Zone 918. If that were to happen, Burgsdorff said, “it would be the strongest mass eviction in decades of Palestinians from an area of their residence. “Israel has the obligation to ensure security, safety, and the livelihood of the people,” he added.
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Israel’s High Court of Justice had ruled in May that the army could evict more than 1,000 Palestinians who live in scattered small herding villages in an IDF training area.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Published: JULY 7, 2022
The IDF may be poised to carry out the largest eviction of Palestinians in decades, warned European Union Representative Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff on Thursday as he visited some of the 11 endangered West Bank South Hebron Hills herding communities. “It cannot be that these people are left homeless and displaced,” Burgsdorff told reporters as he stood on a sandy road on the edge of a hill, in the hamlet of Khallet Athaba.
Israel’s High Court of Justice had ruled in May that the army could evict more than 1,000 Palestinians who live in scattered small herding villages in an IDF training area known as Firing Zone 918. If that were to happen, Burgsdorff said, “it would be the strongest mass eviction in decades of Palestinians from an area of their residence. “Israel has the obligation to ensure security, safety, and the livelihood of the people,” he added.
more........... https://www.jpost.com/israeli-news/article-711496
