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Israeli far-right minister orders Arab village evicted after saying ICC is seeking his arrest

JL;DR SUMMARY Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's far-right finance minister, claims the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking his arrest, calling the court antisemitic and declaring a plan to evict Khan al-Ahmar, a Palestinian Bedouin village in the West Bank. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Bezalel SmotrichWest BankIsraeli Supreme CourtPalestinian RightsIsraeli PoliticsIsraeli ElectionsSettler ViolenceInternational Criminal CourtKhan Al AhmarBedouin Villages

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Khan al-Ahmar, Jerusalem, Israel
"Smotrich said in a press conference that the ICC prosecutor submitted a secret request for an international arrest warrant against him."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Both the ICC and Smotrichs settler movement have long had their eyes on Khan al-Ahmar, a village near Jerusalem that is home to about 200 Bedouins."
Southern District, Israel
"(The community moved to its current location after being expelled by the Israeli military from the Negev desert in the 1950s, according to the Israeli human rights group BTselem.)"
France
"The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom jointly urged against the villages demolition, saying that its location had strategic importance for preserving the contiguity of a future Palestinian state."
Germany
"The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom jointly urged against the villages demolition, saying that its location had strategic importance for preserving the contiguity of a future Palestinian state."
Italy
"The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom jointly urged against the villages demolition, saying that its location had strategic importance for preserving the contiguity of a future Palestinian state."
Spain
"The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom jointly urged against the villages demolition, saying that its location had strategic importance for preserving the contiguity of a future Palestinian state."
United Kingdom
"The governments of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom jointly urged against the villages demolition, saying that its location had strategic importance for preserving the contiguity of a future Palestinian state."
Hungary
"Europe could be poised to take a stronger tone against Israeli policies after Viktor Orban, Hungarys former president and Netanyahus close ally, was unseated in April."
United States
"Smotrich visited the United States and met with senior Trump administration officials last year."

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