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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Palestinian students attend classroom in tents after Israeli forces demolish their school</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">Palestine News Network (PNN) - May 8, 2023<br></div>
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<img src="cid:ii_lhexxn6v0" alt="image.png" width="457" height="366"><br><p>Bethlehem / PNN / Monjed Jadou </p><p>School resumes at <span>Al-Tahadi 5 </span>“Challenge
5” school in the village of Jab al-Dheeb in the Beit Tittmar area to
the east of Bethlehem after it was demolished by occupation forces
yesterday, Sunday.</p><p>The Palestinian Ministry of Education, and the
Wall Resistance Authority have set up tents in place of the demolished
school, where attendance resumed this morning in the presence of the
Bethlehem Director General of Education ministry , the Education Family,
and the school principals.</p><p>Despite the demolition of the school,
students gathered in the early morning hours after setting up tents to
serve as an alternative to the classrooms of the demolished school. The
students carried the Palestinian flag and sang the Palestinian national
anthem, affirming that they want to learn in their school, even if it is
demolished by the Israeli occupation.</p><p>The students at Jabal
al-Deeb school and education officials stated before the start of
classes in the tent that the condemnation of the Israeli army's
demolition of the school by the European Union and the United Nations is
important, but what the young students want to see is the punishment of
those who demolished there school and the rebuilding of a new one.</p><p>Also
they emphasized that condemnation through media statements or calling
on Israel to give Palestinians their right to education are not enough
and insufficient calls adding that they want to see reel steps on the
ground to stop Israeli aggression.</p><img src="https://english.pnn.ps/storage/images/news/2023/1683535588-536675570.jpg" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"><p>For
her part, the school principal, Sherine Abu Taha, stated that a large
number of students attended the school and that the first and second
grades will be merged, as well as the third and fourth grades. </p><p>She
added that all available resources will be utilized to serve the
students and help them succeed by the end of the academic year.</p><p>Bassam
Jabr the Director of Education in Bethlehem condemned the Israeli
demolition of the school, which has about 60 students from first to
fourth grade, and was demolished in 2017 before being rebuilt in the
same year. </p><p>Bassam Jabr, the Director of Education in the
Bethlehem Governorate, stated that the Israeli forces began demolishing
the school in the early hours of Sunday morning, after storming the area
with dozens of military jeeps and surrounding it, where an Israeli
bulldozer began the demolition process.</p><p>For his part, the Director
of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority Office in Bethlehem,
Hassan Breijia, indicated that the Central Israeli Court issued a
decision to demolish the school last March after the Wall and Settlement
Resistance Authority, and the Saint Eve human rights foundation, filed a
petition to stop the demolition of the school, which was rejected.</p><p>Israeli
occupation forces bulldozers demolished the Al-Tahadi 5 school in the
village of Jabal Al-Dheeb, east of Bethlehem, early on Sunday morning.</p><p>During
the incident, clashes erupted between the locals and the occupation
forces in the vicinity of the school, during which live ammunition,
sound bombs, and toxic gas were fired towards citizens who attempted to
prevent the occupation from carrying out the demolition of the school.</p><p>The
Governor of Bethlehem Governorate, Kamel Hamid, said in an interview
with Palestine News Network that the occupation carried out a crime
against childhood and humanity by demolishing the Jubb Al-Deeb school
east of Bethlehem. </p><img src="https://english.pnn.ps/storage/images/news/2023/1683535600-1891930767.jpg" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"><p>He
added that the world is required to stop the state of silence over the
Israeli crimes that are committed on a daily basis and target children,
women, and the Palestinian land and the presence of the Palestinians on
it.</p><p>The European Union denounced today Israel’s demolition of the
donor-funded Jibb Al-Deeb School in the small Palestinian village of
Bayt Ta’mar, to the east of Bethlehem, saying the demolition violates
children’s right to education.</p><p>“Appalled by reports that the
EU-funded school in Jibb Al Deeb is being demolished by Israeli
authorities right now. 60 Palestinian children are affected,” said the
EU in a statement.</p><p>The EU urged the Israeli occupation authorities
to stop all demolitions and evictions, which it said “will only
increase the suffering of the Palestinian population and further
escalate an already tense environment.”</p><img src="https://english.pnn.ps/storage/images/news/2023/1683535614-150965992.jpg" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img">
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