The European Union (EU) has condemned the Israeli demolition of a school
in Bethlehem the day before the new school year was due to begin. The
EU Representative and the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and
Ramallah yesterday called on Israel to desist from all further
demolitions and confiscations of Palestinian property.
“Every child has the right to safe access to education and States have
an obligation to protect, respect and fulfil this right, by ensuring
that schools are inviolable safe spaces for children,” the statement
read.
Around 80 children from the village of Jub-Ad-Dhib aged five to 10 were
left with no classrooms in which to learn on Wednesday after Israeli
occupying forces declared the area a military zone, using stun grenades
to keep residents away. Soldiers then informed local Palestinians that
the structures were illegally built and took the six mobile classrooms
away on trucks. Teachers were forced to hold classes in tents under the
hot sun.
Meanwhile, the EU has demanded that Israel pay for the reconstruction of
the buildings and expressed concern over the other aggressions against
Palestinian schools this week, namely the destruction of a kindergarten and the confiscation of solar panels used to power a school, both in the Bedouin village of Jabal Al-Baba.
Read more: Israel demolishes EU-funded Palestinian school – Middle East Monitor
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