Israel puts West Bank Bedouin village eviction on hold for several weeks


  • World
  • Sunday, 21 Oct 2018

People celebrate after Israel delays eviction of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, in the occupied West Bank October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it would put on hold for "a number of weeks" its threatened razing of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank amid international calls to drop the plan, saying it would try to negotiate an evacuation.

The decision was announced after a meeting of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet.

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