EU Concerned About Demolition of Classrooms in Abu Nuwar

Bedouin children attend improvised school class in the village of Abu Nuwar, West Bank.

Jerusalem, MINA – The European Union missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah Tuesday expressed strong concern about the demolition by the Israeli authorities of two donor-funded classrooms (3rd and 4th grade), serving 26 Palestinian school children in the Bedouin and refugee community of Abu Nuwar, located in Area C on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on 4 February.

The EU Representative and the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah issued a statement affirming that “Every child has the right to access to education and States have an obligation to protect, respect and fulfill this right, by ensuring that schools are inviolable safe spaces for children.”

The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah called on the Israeli authorities to rebuild the school structures in the same place. The classrooms were funded by the EU and EU Member States

The EU called upon the Israeli authorities to halt demolitions and confiscations of Palestinian houses and property in accordance with its obligations as an occupying power under international humanitarian law, and to cease the policy of settlement construction and expansion, of designating land for exclusive Israeli use and of denying Palestinian development. (T/RS5/RS1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)