{"id":3542,"date":"2017-08-25T09:10:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T09:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2017-09-05T09:51:44","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T09:51:44","slug":"belgium-demands-compensation-from-israel-for-demolition-of-donated-school-equipment-in-occupied-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/?p=3542","title":{"rendered":"Belgium demands compensation from Israel for demolition of donated school equipment in occupied West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"

School facilities donated by international bodies in four Palestinian communities destroyed just before beginning of new school year<\/p>\n

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A total of 55 West Bank schools are currently threatened with demolition and “stop-work” orders, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council B’Tselem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Belgium<\/a>\u00a0has demanded the Israeli authorities provide \u201cexplanations as well as compensation\u201d for the demolition of new school facilities for\u00a0Palestinians<\/a>\u00a0in the occupied\u00a0West Bank<\/a>\u00a0which were donated by the EU.<\/p>\n

The six newly installed steel terrapin cabins were erected in the village of Jubbet Al Dhib so that local children did not have to walk an hour to get to school.<\/p>\n

They were destroyed and equipment such as chairs and tables\u00a0confiscated by the Israeli authorities<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday – the day before the new school year started – on the grounds that the buildings did not have proper planning permission.<\/p>\n

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The area was sealed off, declared a military zone, and security forces used stun grenades to keep residents away, Israeli human rights group B\u2019Tselem said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Israeli media said that locals had thrown stones at soldiers during the demolition.<\/p>\n

The village\u2019s 80 children have had to attend classes in cramped tarpaulin tents or under the hot sun on the first day of school\u00a0instead.<\/p>\n