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The outpost near Kfar Adumim currently functions as a site for rehabilitating radical settler youths. January 2017 Credit: Olivier Fitoussi

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A Bedouin camp located in the E1 area, between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, in December 2012. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)

Illustrative: Schoolchildren in the West Bank Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar. (YouTube screenshot)

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Students said they are delighted to be back in their classrooms.

Nine-year-old Sundus Zawahra, left, and eight-year-old Nagham Ali, right, peer through the window of their fourth grade class with a friend at the school.

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Palestinian students have returned to one school rebuilt after Israel forces demolished it last month.

The structures in Khan al-Ahmar are largely constructed of tin sheets and wooden panels (Yumna Patel/MEE)

Eid Abu Khamis, a resident of Khan al-Ahmar and village leader (Yumna Patel/MEE)

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Children on the first day of school in the occupied West Bank village of Khan al-Ahmar, 23 August 2017. Israel plans to demolish the entire Bedouin community, including the school. Shadi Hatem APA images

Photo of Khan al-Ahmar, taken on Sep. 20 during a visit by UN officials (Source: United Nations OCHA occupied Palestinian territory Facebook)

A Palestinian woman inspects the debris after Israeli authorities ordered the demolition of her home in the Bedouin village of Khan Al-Ahmar [Hamza Shalash/Apaimages]

A PALESTINIAN Beduin woman herds livestock near al-Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank last March. (photo credit:AMMAR AWAD / REUTERS)

Bedouin girls on their way to school in the West Bank village of Khan al-Ahmar, February 2017. Lior Mizrahi

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The unauthorized Bedouin village of Khan al-Amar. Credit: Lior Mizrahi

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The school, built in 2009, accommodates 170 students from five Bedouin communities in the region [File: Reuters]

The village, home to 42 families, has become encircled with Jewish settlements and Israeli military zones [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

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The unauthorized Bedouin village of Khan al-Amar. Lior Mizrahi

MK Bezalel Smotrich at the illegal Amona outpost in the West Bank, February 1, 2017. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi

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Aerial photos of the “relocation site” shown by CA officials to Khan al-Ahmar residents

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Palestinian solar panels confiscated by Israel in West Bank village of Jubbet Adh-Dhib, June 2017. Credit: Comet-ME

A Bedouin community in the West Bank. Credit: Emil Salman

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Palestinian children attend class in a tent on 24 August, after Israeli occupation forces dismantled their school in the West Bank village of Jubbet al-Dib, near Bethlehem, two days earlier. Wisam Hashlamoun / APA images)

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Israeli police clash with settlers in the West Bank outpost of Amona on Feb. 1, 2017. The Israeli parliament passed legislation to prevent more demolitions. (Oded Balilty/AP)

Every standing structure in the encampment was destroyed when Israeli forces invaded the area on Wednesday. (Photo: Sheren Khalel/Mondoweiss)

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Israeli bulldozers being transported to a Palestinian village in the Negev [August 2016]

A local school, which provides basic education to Bedouin children, is threatened with demolition as well. The school currently educates 160 students [Ibrahim Husseini/Al Jazeera]

Children from Khan al-Ahmar playing outside their classrooms at a school also under threat of demolition [Ibrahim Husseini/Al Jazeera]

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Palestinian laborers working at a construction site in a new housing project in the settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim, near Jerusalem, February 7, 2017. Credit: Oded Balilty/AP

Dwellings belongings to Bedouin are seen in Khan al-Ahmar village near the West Bank city of Jericho February 23, 2017. Credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS

Dwellings belongings to Bedouin are seen in Khan al-Ahmar village near the West Bank city of Jericho February 23, 2017. Credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS

Sara Dahouk tends to the family's livestock. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

12-year old Nasrin washes hair using a bucket before heading out to school. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

A teacher works with students at “the tire school,” rooms constructed of mud and tires formally called the Khan al Ahmar elementary school. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

A donkey stands amid a cluster of shacks. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

A Bedouin encampment in the area of Abu Nuwar, May 24, 2015. Credit: Anadolu Agency

The Abu Dahouk family is among about 7,000 Bedouins who live on the slopes east of Jerusalem. About 30 encampments, each one measuring just a few acres, sit on rocky slopes nearly empty of trees and vegetation. (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

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A Palestinian bedouin woman stands next to her destroyed tent in the village of Atouf in the Jordan Valley (Saif Dahlah/AFP/File)

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Bedouin lying on mattresses in the unrecognized West Bank village of Khan al-Ahmar. Photo by Amira Hass.

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Abu Nuwwar struggles to survive in the shadow of the massive Israeli settlement Ma'ale Adumim. (Photo: Lydia Noon)

The demolition of a structure in a Bedouin village (illustrative). Photo by Eliyahu Hershkovitz.

Razi Basharat, the son of mukhtar Abdel Rahim Basharat, in Al Hadidya. It’s not clear why the EU has been silent about the confiscation of the tents, 10 Dec. 2015. Photo by Alex Levac.

Ahmed Jahalin and some of his sons at the Khan Al Ahmar encampment east of Jerusalem, December 24, 2015. Photo by Amira Hass.

Abu Nuwwar struggles to survive in the shadow of the massive Israeli settlement Ma'ale Adumim. (Photo: Lydia Noon)

Bedouin women cry as they watch their house being destroyed during the demolition of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Al Arakib in the Negev desert. Israeli authorities have demolished the village over 70 times since 2010, June 12, 2014. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

Participants in an inaugural Bedouin tracking workshop, Salameh, Upper Galilee, September 2015. By Tal Shofman-Schejter.

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A boy watches through a cloth as protesters march in the Bedouin town of Rahat after the killing of two locals by Israeli forces (AFP)

Ayman Odeh (C) alongside several dozen protesters march in the Bedouin village of Wadi al-Naam on 26 March, 2015, near the city of Beersheba (AFP)

Palestinian Bedouins collect their possessions after their dwelling was demolished by Israeli security forces [EPA]

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A Bedouin of the Jahalin tribe walks in his encampment near the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, east of Jerusalem, June 16, 2012. Photo by Reuters.

Bedouin ride donkeys in the W. Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem, Dec. 3, 2012. Photo by Reuters.

Members of the Jahalin tribe at Wadi al-Qatif, Mar. 2014. Photo by Neal Badache.

Members of the Jahalin tribe at Wadi al-Qatif, Mar. 2014. Photo by Neal Badache.

Mukhtar Abu Yusef. By blogger Peace Seeker.

Mohammed al-Korshan. By Giuliano Camarda/Redux.

2013.03.27 Members of the Jahalin tribe at Wadi al-Qatif. Photo by Neal Badache.

Still from Khaled Jarrar’s Bus Stop (2013). Photo by Artnet/Ben Davis.

Screenshot NYT Spotlight Negev Bedouin, by Tamir Elterman.

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Khalil al-Hamadeen, Sateh el-Bahr Bedouin encampment. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Sayya Jahalin, an elder of the village of Ein Ayoub. Dec. 28, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

Prayer beads and the faithful. Dec. 28, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A boy amidst the remains of his home. Dec. 28, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A man searches for valuables in the wreckage of his home, which was destroyed the day before. Dec. 28, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

Sheep and goats are instrumental to the lives of the Bedouin. They are their primary source of income and sustenance. Dec. 10, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A boy at a medical refief aid station in Hathay camp. Nov. 21, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A shy little girl with dirty hands and cracked nail polish. Dec. 21, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A young shepherd tends his flock of sheep and goats at the imposed barrier of Palestinian lands. Dec. 28, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

Sheep and goats are instrumental to the lives of the Bedouin. They are their primary source of income and sustenance. Dec. 10, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A boy and his best friend. Dec. 10, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A girl walks among the ruins of her family home in Al Jiftlik. Dec. 10, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A boy keeps watch over his families flock in Al Jiftlik. Dec. 10, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A landscape of ruin in the Bedouin camp of Abu Dahuk. Nov. 27, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A goat foraging among refuse. Bedouin are often too poor to give proper feed to their livestock so the animals eat trash. Nov. 27, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

Boys in the ruins of a demolished home. Israeli soldiers regularly come into their camps and destroy the only structures they have. Dec. 4, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A young shepherd and his flock. Dec. 10, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A typical Bedouin home. The Israeli government does not allow them to build permanent structures. Nov. 27, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A boy sits a top a water can in front of the ruins of his family home, which was destroyed the day before. Dec. 28, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A hard existence for this child in the camp at Al Ram. Dec. 21, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A boy explores the ruins of his newly demolished home in the Bedouin camp of Al Auja. Dec. 4, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A dead sheep that lived through the bulldozing of a pen that killed over thirty other sheep, only to die the next day from its injuries. Dec. 4, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

An afternoon feeding of dried palm fronds with a storm looming on the horizon that would drop four feet of snow. Dec. 10, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A man of faith prays on the bare ground. Dec. 10, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

A boy explores the ruins of his newly demolished home in the Bedouin camp of Al Auja. Dec. 4, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

The feet of one of the littlest victims. Most of the young Bedouin children do not have shoes. Dec. 21, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

Children at play in Abu Dahuk. Nov. 27, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

The Site of the planned Bedouin township of Nu'eimeh. By Olivier Fitoussi.

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A dead sheep that lived through the bulldozing of a pen that killed over thirty other sheep, only to die the next day from its injuries. Dec. 4, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

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A village elder in the ruins of his home in Al Auja that was destroyed the night before by the Israeli army. Dec. 4, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

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A boy explores the ruins of his newly demolished home in the Bedouin camp of Al Auja. Dec. 4, 2013. West Bank, Palestinian Territories. (Photo by Gabriel Romero/Alexia Foundation ©2014)

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Members of the Jahalin tribe at Wadi al-Qatif (west of Jericho) given 48-hour eviction orders, April 30, 2014. Photo by Neal Badache.

Children of Wadi al-Qatif (the Sea Level Community), April 2014. Photo by Neal Badache.

Saleh and his nephews in the camp of his father Sheikh Khalil at Sea Level, April 2014. Photo by Neal Badache.

Saleh and his nephews in the camp of his father Sheikh Khalil at Sea Level, April 2014. Photo by Neal Badache.

Sea Level Community, April 2014. Photo by Neal Badache.

Children of Wadi al-Qatif (the Sea Level Community), April 2014. Photo by Neal Badache.

Photo by Neal Badache, March 2014.

Sea Level Community, March 2014. Photo by Neal Badache.

Sea Level Community, March 2014. Photo by Neal Badache.

Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Photo by Mairav Zonszein.

Sea Level Community, March 2014. Photo by Neal Badache.

Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

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Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Demolitions at Al Azaria and Jabal a-Baba, May 19, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

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Demolition at Ras-a-baba, April 9, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

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Demolition at Ras-a-baba, April 9, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Demolition at Ras-a-baba, April 9, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

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Demolition at Ras-a-baba, April 9, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

Demolition at Ras-a-baba, April 9, 2014. Photo by Rami Allaria.

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