The state said on Sunday it will ask the Supreme Court to delay by six months plans to raze the illegal Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, located east of Jerusalem.
The Foreign Ministry announced the request, which it said was "based on inter-agency staff work that includes a diplomatic opinion from the Foreign Ministry…" The ministry declined to provide any more details.
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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his Yamina party have in the past supported the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar, while Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has spoken against the demolition warning that it would have negative diplomatic ramifications for Israel.
Regavim, a think tank and lobbying group "dedicated to preserving Israel's resources and sovereignty," said in response that the Foreign Ministry was not a party to the case and that only Bennett and Defense Minister Benny Gantz were named as defendants. "Naftali Bennett, you are Israel's Prime Minister. Don't hide behind Foreign Minister Lapid," said Regavim Director Meir Deutsch.
