The state asked the High Court of Justice on Wednesday for another four-month extension before responding to a petition that was filed to the court asking it to oblige the government to execute demolition and eviction orders for Khan al-Ahmar, the Bedouin Palestinian encampment on the road to Jericho.  

Sources close to the prime minister said the delay was because of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit, and because of the coming Muslim month of Ramadan.

Professor Dan Turner from Jerusalem’s Shaare Tsedek hospital lives on the settlement of Kfar Adumim, next to Khan al Ahmar , and has been active working together with the villagers to find a solution to the relocation order.

KAN's Mark Weiss asked him for his reaction to the state request for a further extension.

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