President Abbas: Battle of Khan al-Ahmar is the Battle of All Palestinians

RAMALLAH, July 21, 2018 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas praised on Saturday the steadfastness of the people of Khan al-Ahmar community near Jerusalem, which is facing an imminent threat of demolition and displacement by the Israeli occupation authorities.

“The battle for the defense of the Khan al-Ahmar is the battle of all the Palestinian people in defense of their national project and in defense of Jerusalem and its holy places,” said President Abbas as he received a delegation from the Bedouin community at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah.

Khan al-Ahmar’s school was built in 2009 out of rubber tires and mud in an attempt to evade Israel’s restriction on Palestinians using cement for construction, and has been under constant threats of demolition.

It is home to members of the Jahalin tribe, including 32 Bedouin families, numbering more than 170 people, half of them children.(T/RS5/RS1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)