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Palestine: Bedouin children school in Jerusalem faces Israeli demolition

6th Jan 2018
Palestine: Bedouin children school in Jerusalem faces Israeli demolition

By Qais Abu Samra

 

AL-AZARIYA, Palestine (AA): Every morning, a group of Bedouin children gather to study at an enclave of single-roomed classes constructed of mud and tire near occupied East Jerusalem.

The classes serve as the only school for children in the Abu al-Nawwar Bedouin community, which is hemmed in on all sides by Israel’s Maale Adumim, Kedar and New Kedar settlements.

Built in 2014, the school now faces the threat of demolition by the Israeli authorities.

“I’m afraid they (Israelis) are going to demolish our school,” Seham Mohamed, a third-grade student, told Anadolu Agency.
“If they did, we would rebuild it again,” a defiant Mohamed said.

In early 2016, Israeli military bulldozers demolished the school, which was originally funded by the French government. Local residents, however, quickly rebuilt it as tin classrooms, with no electricity, no labs nor computers, and no playgrounds.

The school has also managed to obtain a “precautionary order” from the Israeli High Court not to demolish it. Now, Israeli authorities have issued a demolition order for two classes recently added to the school.

“Why they seek to deprive us from having a school like other people,” Osama al-Jahalin, a fourth grader, said.

“They had razed the school and we managed to rebuild it,” he said. “We will build it again if they demolish it.”

– ‘Only remaining hope’

Before the school was built, Bedouin children would have to cross the highway to catch rides to school in al-Azariya town, 3.2 kilometers (2 miles) from East Jerusalem.

“Without the school, we had to travel every day to al-Azariya,” Shaimaa Musa, a fourth grader, said.

“It’s quite far for us,” added Musa, who dreams of becoming a teacher to educate her fellow Bedouins.

Radwa Mustafa, a teacher at the school, said Bedouin children hold fast to their right to education despite hardships.

“The school is the only remaining hope for the Bedouin community and its demolition means a major loss,” she said.

For years, the Israeli government has tried to dismantle the Abu al-Nawwar community — which consists of some 700 people who work mainly as shepherds — to make way for its massive E1 settlement project in East Jerusalem.

“Israeli authorities demolish our community every now and then to pave the way for building settlements,” Daud al-Jahalin, a spokesman for Abu al-Nawwar community, said.

Jerusalem remains at the heart of the Middle East conflict, with Palestinians hoping that East Jerusalem — occupied by Israel since 1967 — might eventually serve as the capital of an independent Palestinian state.

The holy city has dominated world attention after U.S. President Donald Trump on Dec. 6 recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, increasing the tension across the region.

[Archive Photo: House demolished in Al Araqeeb Bedouin village in July 2010. Photo by Emanuel Yellin/Public Domain]

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