#Demolition

MAP joins 80+ organistions calling for the immediate halt of demolitions and forcible transfer of the Humsa Al Bqai’a Community

The Association of International Development Agencies in Palestine (AIDA) calls on Israel to immediately halt the illegal and forcible transfer of the community of Humsa Al Bqai’a in the Jordan Valley.

MAP’s CEO visits Bedouin community Khan al Ahmar

MAP’s CEO, Aimee Shalan, reports on her October visit to the Bedouin community of Khan al Ahmar, under imminent threat of demolition and forcible transfer by Israeli forces since July.

Khan al Ahmar update: Demolition suspended

The Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar has been under imminent threat of demolition and forcible transfer by Israeli forces since July. On Sunday 21 October, Israel announced that it was putting on hold the demolition order of the village for a "short, fixed period of time".

Urgent action needed to stop impending demolition and forcible transfer of Bedouin communities

MAP is gravely concerned by Israel’s recent and ongoing demolitions in Palestinian Bedouin communities in the West Bank, including in Khan Al Ahmar, Abu Nuwar and Susiya.

Khan al Ahmar- Abu al Helou Community: A Mental Health Perspective

Razzan Quran, a trained counsellor and MAP’s Advocacy and Communications Officer in the West Bank, outlines psychological suffering in a Bedouin community under threat.

“We came here after they kicked us out of our homelands during the Nakba and now they want to kick us out of this land” - Israeli Supreme Court ruling on Khan al Ahmar

MAP strongly condemns yesterday’s ruling by the Israeli Supreme Court in favour of demolishing the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar in the occupied West Bank, which places the community at risk of forcible transfer.

Bedouin school under imminent threat of demolition

Yesterday, 25 April, Israel's High Court postponed by a week a decision on whether the the primary school in the Bedouin community of Khan al Ahmar will be demolished.