Khan al-Ahmar

Khan al-Ahmar (Arabic: الخان الأحمر‎‎, Hebrew: חאן אל-אחמאר‎‎, lit. The Red Inn) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the West Bank. In 2010, there were 100 Bedouin living there in tents and huts. Khan al-Ahmar is located between the Israeli settlements of Ma'ale Adumim and Kfar Adumim.

According to the 1931 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Khan el Ahmar had a population of 27, in 3 houses.

In 1945 the Arabs of Khan el Ahmar had 16,380 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 538 dunams were used for cereals, while 15,842 dunams were classified non-cultivable land.

Many of the families living in Khan al-Ahmar, from the Bedouin Jahalin tribe, were expelled from the Negev in 1952 by the Israeli army and moved to a location currently within the boundaries of Maale Adumim. The village is one of the only remaining Palestinian areas within the E1 zone, strategically significant because it connects the north and south of the West Bank.

The village was slated to be demolished by Israel in February 2010 due to allegations of illegal building. The Israeli state announced plans in September 2012 to relocate the villagers to the an-Nuway'imah area in the Jordan Valley, north of Jericho. The people of Khan al-Ahmar have opposed this plan. Abu Khamiss, a spokesperson for Khan al-Ahmar residents, said in 2015 that the relocation site would be "like a prison for us".

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