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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected a petition against the expulsion of more than 1,000 Palestinians living in a rural part of the illegally occupied West Bank in an area which Israel has designated for military exercises. After two decades of inconclusive legal manoeuvring, the Supreme Court issued its ruling late on Wednesday, paving the way for the demolition of eight small Palestinian villages in a rocky, arid area south of Hebron city called Masafer Yatta. In its ruling, the court said it considered that the Palestinian Bedouins living in the area, who have kept a distinct, generations-lo…