The Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) International Relations Committee accused the United States of “inciting” Israel to demolish the illegal Bedouin outpost of Khan Al-Ahmar, Middle East Monitor reported.

A statement from the PLO, released on Wednesday and originally quoted by the Palestinian Arab Safa news agency, criticized comments by State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert who, when asked about the impending demolition of the outpost, replied, “The impending evacuation of the Bedouin residence in that village follows a lengthy legal process I believe that’s gone on for eight years or so, and I’d just have to refer you back to the Government of Israel on that one.”


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