Israel plans to demolish Palestinian school

Amira Haas, Haaretz
Covering a 300-square-meter plot of land southeast of Jerusalem is an eco-friendly building made solely of used tires and mud. The Jahalin tribe is planning to use the make-shift structures as a grade school and kindergarten. That is, if the Civil Administration, which is subordinate to the Defense Ministry, does not raze the four-and-a-half room educational facility.

Beginning August 20, the first day of the upcoming school year throughout the Palestinian Authority, the children of the tribe's three encampments will be able to receive instruction at a school close to their homes. They will not have to be inconvenienced into traveling all the way to Jericho and Azariya on dangerous thoroughfares and roads that have already claimed the lives of four children in the last two years.

Over the last year, the children have lost many school days due to poor road conditions, blockage of access roads by security fences, and cash-strapped parents who are unable to afford the transportation costs.

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