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Urgent Action: Bedouin Community At Imminent Risk Of Explosion (Israel/OPT: UA 267.17)

December 7, 2017

The Israeli army has issued an expulsion order which will forcibly evict 58 Palestinian Bedouin families in the area of Jabal al-Baba, east of Jerusalem. The expulsion order has to be rescinded immediately.

The Israeli army has issued an expulsion order which will forcibly evict 58 Palestinian Bedouin families in the area of Jabal al-Baba, east of Jerusalem. The expulsion order has to be rescinded immediately. 1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:
  • Calling on the Israeli authorities to immediately cancel the eviction order and any other plans that would forcibly transfer the Jabal al-Baba Bedouin community;
  • Calling on them to immediately stop all demolitions in the Jabal al-Baba Bedouin community and other vulnerable communities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), including in Area C and East Jerusalem, and  transfer responsibility for planning and building policies and regulations in the OPT from the Israeli authorities to the local Palestinian communities;
  • Calling on them to immediately stop the construction of Israeli settlements and related infrastructure in the OPT as a first step towards removing Israeli civilians living in such settlements.

Contact these two officials by 18 January, 2018:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Office of the Prime Minister 3 Kaplan St, PO Box 187 Kiryat Ben-Gurion Jerusalem 91950, Israel Email: [email protected] Salutation: Dear Prime Minister

Ambassador Ron Dermer, Embassy of Israel 3514 International Drive NW, Washington DC 20008 T: 202.364.5500 Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ambdermer Twitter: @AmbDermer Salutation: Dear Ambassador

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