Smotrich orders Khan al-Ahmar eviction after reported ICC arrest-warrant threat

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered the eviction of Khan al-Ahmar, a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, after reports that he could face an arrest warrant overseas. AP reported that Smotrich framed the move as a response to what he called a declaration of war. Critics said the eviction would advance settlement expansion and the E1 project, threatening Palestinian territorial continuity. The event should be captured as a state-backed displacement and settlement-expansion action tied to international accountability pressure.