Israel Uncensored: Lawless Bedouin Village Will Remain Intact

gosh hastin here Israel uncensored on the Land of Israel network at the Land of Israel calm it is Sunday October 21st 2018 the 12th of Heshbon five seven seven nine hope you're doing well in your part of the world don't forget you can always get in touch with me Josh at the Land of Israel calm on facebook it's Joshua hastin and on Twitter at Josh hastin I am in Jerusalem my main man at Vinny Amin brettski is also somewhere in Jerusalem this is amazing the technology we have today how he can connect myself and our next guest and we'll get to her in just a minute we've talked about this on the show in the past the illegal squatting village if you want to call it a village of Han al Ahmar located off highway 1 in between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea now Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the village must be taken down and the residents relocated Israel has provided numerous solution as to where those Bedouin residents should go again remember this is an illegal village Supreme Court of Israel said it has had to come down and this has been going on for years and as we were approaching I guess a date in the near future that the village would actually come down Prime Minister Netanyahu last night made a statement in which he said that while eventually the village will be evacuated he is postponing the move for now joining us to discuss the situation here in regard to hot Alomar is Naomi Khan the director of the international division of the organization raiga viim those of you who know me know that I used to be affiliated with that amazing organization homie welcome to Israel uncensored thank you for having me so here we have once again in the news Hana Alomar for weeks now members of the European Union other countries extremist NGOs in Israel have been calling on the Israeli government not to evacuate khan al Ahmar and it looks like the Prime mr. wall he says he will eventually looks like he caved and is delaying that move indefinitely what is reg Aviva's response capitulation to demands by the Palestinian Authority and the Europeans who are backing the Palestinian Authority there is absolutely no other way to understand this the Prime Minister has postponed indefinitely until further notice quote-unquote in order to entertain further possibilities for I don't even know what compromise this of course is ridiculous after 10 years of legal proceedings compromise discussions between the Civil Administration and these and these illegal squatters and their representatives from the Palestinian Authority and numerous Israel numerous Supreme Court decisions dating that this is an illegal outpost and have to be removed so I don't know exactly what further discussions have to be held but regarding feel that this is absolutely an outrageous injustice because equal enforcement of the law is the only thing that will allow us to move forward as a civilized country and this is a clear case of unequal law enforcement in cases such as nutiva vote and Afra and vigil when the Supreme Court made a decision it was carried out down to the very last letter and in this case for ten years Supreme Court rulings have been ignored and the situation on the ground has worsened every day why do you think Naomi we're talking to Naomi Khan director of Internet at the International division for reg Aviv why do you think this particular incident has gained so much notoriety I mean you had a member of the extremist organization but Selim talk about hot Alomar at the UN Security Council last week you have had the European Union threatening essentially Israel do not take down this illegal shantytown you know how is it possible that this tiny tiny village off the side of the road on Krrish number one and I don't want to downplay the the relevance in terms of where it is and I want you to also go into what the the real goal is here in terms of the Palestinian Authority but how is this little story which you know as an internal Israeli matter garnered so much international attention in your opinion well it's not a coincidence the reason that high Lama was created the reason it is where it is is because it's not just some innocent little collection of Bedouin tent what happened here is that the Palestinian Authority backed by the European Union created this village outpost in order to take control illegally of land that is under full Israeli jurisdiction the fact that there on the major highway and in a location that bisects the State of Israel and threatens Israel's capital Jerusalem it's not a coincidence the better engine didn't just happen to wander into the area what happened was that the Palestinian Authority placed water tankers there and the European Union helped fund the creation of a school there in order to draw the local Bedouin tribes that were grazing in the area to stay there to settle there and hold on to the land they're using them as pawns or as place markers in order to keep them on this very very strategic spot so it's no coincidence that they're there it's no coincidence that this is such a big issue it's a flagship issue this is the first the most prominent at the moment of his large string a whole network actually of illegal Palestinian outposts that are being manned by Bedouins and if it's part of the larger plan publicized by the Palestinian Authority as far back as 2005 called the Fayed plan for creating a Palestinian state specifically in Area C without the need for a negotiation of any kind without any compromise with the State of Israel specifically in areas that were placed by the Oslo Accords under full Israeli jurisdiction for future negotiation so kana lakum arc is in a place keeper it's a flagship and it's the first in this entire network of illegal outposts to actually come to the court if capitulates in this case this won't be the first it will be a huge domino effect and we'll have very far ranging impact on the state of Israel's ability to complete to continue its jurisdiction in Area C and to protect Jerusalem and to exert sovereignty on its capital and for the future of any possible negotiated resolution of the status of the area so this is a real test case for those you are not familiar and again this is right off of highway 1 as you're driving to the Dead Sea and this is a strategic yeah you're right just just right off the highway but the highway this is also a violation of the Oslo agreements which specifically 1 section 2 paragraph 12 that there's a buffer zone along major thoroughfares no construction of any kind is permitted not by Jews not by Arabs not like they don't not like anyone so placing the houses and the structures right where they are is a violation of law of international law of signed international agreements and it's wrong in so many ways the State of Israel the Supreme Court which is generally considered impartial and fully fully procedurally correct has found over and over and over again this is an illegal outpost and must be removed and the government of Israel and as you said the people they're pawns of the Palestinian Authority who are keeping their own purpose as part of the Fiat strategic plan to take over what is known as Area C that's the area in Judea and Samaria that's under Israeli control both militarily and from a municipal perspective and the goal is that when talks happen down the road that they'll say well look we have a town here this area is ours and any further in any further negotiations or agreement if that's the goal to police facts on the ground now now if Talia Bennett Minister Bennett said this morning that this is unacceptable that Hamar Alomar must be removed immediately none of this business about indefinite the government as you know time and time again has put up different proposals do you think that the Jewish home party led by Naftali Bennett and those who agree with him in terms of this situation in terms of this case do you think they have the power to influence or create you know a situation on the ground where it actually is removed or is it you know really as a result of the prime minister pushed off indefinitely and there's nothing that nothing can be done until he decides to do it what's the situation can you party and others and we're hoping that we could ministers and members will express myself as well this is a this is a critical issue in terms of in so many ways strategically militarily for the future development of the area and for the future of possible negotiations for in so many ways flagship issue now what we've seen is that there was a report that the evacuation was suspended in order to allow the residents of Karabakh mark to voluntarily relocate 500 meters away from their car locations and this is what the Prime Minister has held up the evacuation in order to facilitate we believe that this would be even worse than leaving this this illegal outpost where it is because the minute the government of Israel gives an official recognition for this sort of settlement in Area C they'll never be able to remove it and this will create a completely new reality in Area C and in area e1 specifically area a1 just to remind you Prime Minister Netanyahu ran one of his major campaign commitments was to build a thousand this housing unit in area you want he didn't say that he wasn't going to that he was going to create these housing units for the Arab population everybody understood that he meant Jewish population but since that time not one single structure has been built by Jews in e1 the State of Israel has scrupulously upheld its part of the agreement and has never built in this area in order to allow the Association allowing officially allowing construction of an Arab / Bedouin village in this area will be the end of whatever agreements and whatever possibility we have of making sense of this area if I'm not mistaken I believe that even back in the 90s Prime Minister being actually said that he also would build in e1 I mean this is something going on for four decades now yet all you have in a one is a lone Israeli police station and nothing else I want to know one last question Oh me what is reg avium doing at this juncture I know reg of iam has been working on this case for I believe a decade as you mentioned that this has been an issue what is reka VM going to do now in lieu of the prime minister's statements and his decision to suspend the evacuation of this illegal squatters community indefinitely so we've invited members of the Land of Israel lobby within the Knesset members of right wing and centrist parties to come out for an emergency tour of the area to see how Allah Marcus its location and to see the location of the alternative that has already been prepared for these people by the state so that they can get a better idea of exactly what the nature of this outpost is and proceed in relationship to the rest of this network of illegal outposts that has been created by the Palestinians and the European Union that that is currently taking control of the area illegally so that's our first line of defense is to bring me lawmakers out and see for themselves have on the ground after that we hope that the Prime Minister will hear from his own supporters from his government from members of his party and others enough information to help him change his mind and to implement the Supreme Court's decision now econ director international division of Riga veeam if people want to learn more about this case Kanna Lamar or reg Aviv's other activities what's the best way to get in touch with you well messenger on Facebook our Facebook page written in Israel you can also email me directly and dot regarding and gmail.com or look on our website because in Israel I appreciate your time Naomi Connor I know you're extremely busy and in lieu of the the current situation here with Hana Lamar but go to the website get in touch with Naomi if you have questions if you want to get involved in all their important 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Sunday because tomorrow I will be going to the GA the General Assembly for Jewish Federations out of the US this year it's being held in Tel Aviv I'll be doing some reporting from the General Assembly there hence recording here on Sunday I want to just think again Naomi Cahn the Director of International the International division of the Reg Aviva organization and if you're if you're in any way shape or form confused about what's going on here I just want to restate what just happened you have an illegal squatting village alongside highway one this is a Bedouin village and these people are there as pawns of the Palestinian Authority who put them there in order that they will cause this chaos and mayhem for Israel for them I mean it's a strategic land grab and what is known as Area C Judea and Samaria and the PA is thrilled that their their European Union is donated millions and millions of dollars to this community if you want to call it a community I called a legal shantytown which the Israeli Supreme Court said must go because it is on land state land which is not theirs and they're squatting there and they have to go and yet as a result of all the pressure from the European Union and from anti-israel NGOs based in Israel they are still there and the Prime Minister of Israel has unfortunately caved and said that they're going to remain there indefinitely until there is some type of solution he said they will be removed okay here he said that this morning he will be removed after last night saying that they will not be evacuated so in other words this is we're going on as no I mean I only said for ten years and they're still squatting and it's not only dangerous for those who are driving on the road and by the way Arreaga vm I've seen reg of him reg I've even pictures of photos of kids in that village throwing rocks down on the on the cars below it's dangerous for the Bedouin who live there you're living alongside a major highway in these kids I've seen run back I've been there I've seen these kids right and run back and forth across the highway it is dangerous for the Bedouin and they need to move Israel came up with solutions they said no no no because of course the PA wants them to stay there and this strategic thoroughfare alongside the road between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea so as of now they are going to get their wish and stay there maybe maybe the Prime Minister down the road will evacuate the community and and enforce the rulings of the Supreme Court but that remains to be seen anyway it's an important important canary in the coal mine if you will for illegal Arab building and it's a situation being monitored by the world over with so many dead in Syria and all this other stuff going on the Saudi journalists being killed and all this other stuff the focus yet again is on trying to help these illegal squatters that's the international community's focus forget about the half a million Syrians and everything else going on Yemen you take your pick of more important news but this is the focus of the UN the EU and others at the same time reported by The Jerusalem Post Hamas has rejected an Egyptian request to halt the weekly demonstrations will call them demonstrations I call them violent riots along the border between Gaza and Israel reported by The Jerusalem Post to the store the store said the egyptian and intelligence officials who met with hamas last thursday demanded the protesters stay at least five it also demand and they stay at least 500 meters away from the border Hamas said no will continue these violent attempted infiltrations into Israel this past Friday ten thousand Arabs again living under Hamas and Gaza demonstrated and this was seen as a mild demonstration a small demonstration if you will nevertheless on Saturday night an IDF aircraft struck a cell of Arabs who had launched these incendiary aerial devices from the southern Gaza Strip into Israel earlier that day causing fires in the very forests and the shequida forest near the border the IAF Israeli Air Force on Friday also attacked terrorist squads in that area again all of this and it's still considered a small demonstration so small and non violent and I say that sarcastically with attempted infiltrations and whatnot that for some reason Israel today on Sunday reopened the crossings into Gaza allowing people and goods reported by The Times of Israel in and out of the coastal Enclave following it says here a decrease in violence so only a few fires only a few balloons only a few rather 10,000 demonstrators rioters terrorists on Friday coming out and somehow we are continuing to enable Hamas continuing to leave them in power by not taking meaningful steps against that terror organization it's enabling to keep providing them humanitarian aid which they don't always give to their people which they used to continue to build tunnels continue to fire rockets manufacture rockets fire rockets yet according to this report Defense Minister Lieberman his office said that his decision to reopen the crossings was made in consultation with Israel Defense Forces the security services Shin Bet and COAG at the coordinator of government activities in the territories again we have a situation where the borders are open the borders are closed open closed open closed you know the punishment I guess if you want to call it that is to close the border for a day or two instead of just keeping it closed once and for all if they need aid go to Egypt Israel does not have to enable Hamas I've been saying this now for months and months and months you turn off the electricity you stop sending the humanitarian aid you let the residents in Gaza realized that Hamas because of them they're living in the situation that they're living in now which which perhaps isn't as bad as the world would make it out to be with new malls opening and whatnot in Gaza obviously they have issues and unemployment and whatnot but Hamas is the address not Israel we should stop enabling Hamas eventually I mean I would love to see Gush Katif reopen there and resettled and reopen there in Gaza but until then shut the border stop giving them the aid stop enabling Hamas that's the bottom line Trump advisor in Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt who we had on the show I think about a month ago from the White House penned an op-ed in The Jerusalem Post it appears in the Sunday paper saying the US administration vehemently opposes everything which Hamas a terrorist organization that targets and hides behind innocence stands for Hamas will never defeat Israeli says in each rocket flaming swastika displaying kite and tear a tunnel brings Gaza closer to destruction not to prosperity he continues the u.s. as we have said many times cares for the Palestinian people wants to help but we will not empower a regime that launches attacks on Israeli kindergartens I agree check out the entire op-ed by Jason Greenblatt in The Jerusalem Post the u.s. says they will not empower that regime so Israel should also not empower that regime and cut off that aid once and for all shut down that border an attack was thwarted a terror attack afforded in horrid are just outside of Jerusalem it's in Judea and Samaria outside of Jerusalem on Saturday according to this report from marieve a 20 year old Palestinian it says here was arrested in Hara dar just before committing a terrorist attack according to a preliminary interrogation they found this 20 year old with a knife and they thought he was from the village of far katana I thought he was about to carry out an attack and of course hard-r sustained a horrible horrible terror attack not too long ago in September 2017 at the entrance to the community a worker who had authority to work in that community arrived in the morning with a gun killing a border police policeman two security guards and the the security officer for that community of Howard are so not a stranger to unfortunately terrorism in that community but thank God in this case that attack was thwarted on Thursday this past Thursday in New York of course we had the D the Director General of the anti Israel organization Haggai Awad B'Tselem the organization which does so much damage against the State of Israel against the IDF he was invited to address the UN Security Council I believe we mentioned in the last week's show that he was scheduled to do so today on Sunday le couteau MK Nava bokor appealed to the Attorney General - manda blit and the Israeli corporations Authority they're the ones who regulate business and nonprofits in Israel calling on them to dismantle but Selim this reported by the Jay post she said bokor said the organization denies the existence of the state and its Democratic character should therefore be dismantled of course allod who spoke at the UN Security Council about Gaza said that he said the following he said I am this is what he said I'm not a traitor and/or I'm a hero the heroes are the Palestinians who endure this occupation with courage and preserve a preserver and perseverance israel's ambassador to the UN Danny tone told him you're a wretched collaborator that's what he said and here you have B'Tselem this organization who puts out these phony ports about so-called Israeli war crimes without any evidence completely skewed who supported the Goldstone report in 2009 against Israel an organization funded by a European Union countries funded by the new Israel fund this organization goes to the UN to bash the State of Israel so-called Israeli organization I can't say their truths or other organization I hope that they are dismantled I don't think it's gonna happen but it would be a good thing if this organization was in fact dismantled other things to talk about we're gonna finish here on some good news some positive news here in the world of Israeli sports ten Jewish American baseball players gained Israeli citizenship can now help the country's national team in international competition leading up to the 2020 Olympics reported by JT a group of American professional baseball players are now Israelis the players together applied for receive citizenship this past Wednesday in Jaffa they and their supporters waved Israeli flags sang Israeli songs as they entered the office went through the process of becoming citizens they all left the office carrying their two dads it's their national identity cards the players want to represent Israel at the Olympics in Tokyo some of them also represented Israel in last year's World Baseball Classic and if you remember this is where team Israel got all the way to the quarterfinals shocking the competition anyway congratulations to these US baseball players who are now Israelis here in Israel and hopefully who knows maybe one day Israel will have a baseball team in the Olympics on that note we will wrap up the show my name is Josh Easton this is Israel uncensored on the Land of Israel network at the Land of 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