Aimed at by an international arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, from the extreme religious right, announced on 19 May 2026 that his first reprisal measure would target the Palestinian Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar. This community is located east of Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. The minister signed an order to evacuate the village.
Aimed at by an international arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, from the extreme religious right, announced on 19 May 2026 that his first reprisal measure would target the Palestinian Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar. This community is located east of Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. The minister signed an order to evacuate the village.