Friends of the Jahalin as friends of the court

As the Friends of Jahalin group, we asked to join as friends of the court in hearing the petition of an extreme right-wing organization that seeks to destroy Khan al-Ahmar.

For the past four years, we have been on an exciting and extraordinary journey of rapprochement and developing good neighborly relations with the Jahalin tribe. Based on this understanding, we are fighting for recognition of equal rights for them as well, and for finding a humane, moral, and just solution to the issue being discussed in court.

Since the State of Israel has controlled the area, from 1967 until today, it has not granted a single building permit to the Bedouins, while tens of thousands of housing units have been built with full licenses for Jewish residence. This is despite the fact that the Bedouins are in the area before the nearby Jewish settlement. Therefore, the "illegality" is in fact intolerable discrimination by the state.

Cynicism is expressed in the petition as the dispossessed. The same petitioners, who are trying to demolish the houses of Khan al-Ahmar in order to make the area exclusively Jewish and portray the Bedouins as invaders and criminals, are actually supporting the construction of illegal Jewish outposts around the Khan that are not being demolished.

The solution must take into account the Bedouins who live there without discrimination. One law for all. And yes, there is a solution. Now all that is needed is the will.