Archived – The Jahalin Bedouin Jahalin Solidarity
REPORT from UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 04 Feb 2018 I am deeply concerned by the Israeli authorities’ demolition this morning of two donor-funded classrooms (3rd and 4th grade), serving 26 Palestinian school children in the Bedouin and refugee community of Abu Nuwar, located in Area C on the …
Read More »Editorial // Let the Bedouin Have Their Schools
A change is occurring in Bedouin society: Parents want their kids to study as much as possible. Israel’s High Court should show civic and democratic courage and block the demolitions of Bedouin schools in the West Bank Haaretz Editorial | Feb 04, 2018 12:41 AM The Tire School – which has been …
Read More »Israel Just Created a New Type of Terrorism
Amira Hass – Jan 30, 2018 3:37 AM Consistency requires that during their trip to Brussels this week, Israeli envoys present EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini with a summons for questioning at Ma’aleh Adumim police station on suspicion of terrorist activity. With one hand the Israeli representatives, by way …
Read More »Palestinian school under imminent threat of demolition
30. Jan 2018 At least 61 schools in the West Bank and East Jerusalem at risk as attacks on education rise A Palestinian primary school built with European donor funding is facing the threat of demolition by Israeli authorities in the coming days, after the Israeli High Court of Justice …
Read More »Israeli lawmakers debate ‘construction terror’ by Palestinians in West Bank
Amira Hass – Jan 29, 2018 3:14 PM MK Moti Yogev (Habayit Hayehudi) has called Palestinian construction in Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank “construction terror,” echoing settler activists who say the area must be defended against a “takeover” by Palestinians. “Our goal is to protect state lands, consistent with …
Read More »Demolishing Palestinian schools ‘a quiet population transfer’
By Orly Noy|January 24, 2018 By destroying schools in Palestinian villages in Area C and elsewhere, Israel is forcing Palestinians to make a cruel choice — between their land and their children’s futures. Students sit in a classroom at school in the Jahalin Bedouin community of Khan Al-Ahmar, West Bank, February …
Read More »It happened in Yesha-stan, so who gives a damn?
Amira Hass , Jan 02, 2018 2:05 AM The contract workers in their shiny phosphorescent yellow vests spoke Russian to each other. Border policemen standing by had nothing to do, their hands shoved in their pockets. After all, no one bothered these workers as they loaded a trailer attached to …
Read More »Trailer – The School at Al Khan Al Ahmar
A small school for Bedouin children in the desert lands of the occupied West Bank has unintentionally become a critical player in the future viability of the two-state solution in Israel-Palestine. This film tells the story of the ‘mud and tyre’ school at Al Khan Al Ahmar, where a legal …
Read More »In Jabal al-Baba, the trees are protected but the people aren’t
By Orly Noy |Published December 25, 2017 The Bedouin community of Jabal al-Baba faces expulsion from their homes. The army eviction order says nothing about where they are supposed to go. U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel generated among many Israelis and Palestinians the fear that something …
Read More »What Happens Next in Jerusalem? Watch this Space
MIMI KIRK , DEC 22, 2017 One critical corridor might be incorporated into Greater Jerusalem, which could have a major impact on the region’s stability. When Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would recognize the city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move its embassy there, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was elated. …
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