Israel to Demolish Abu Al-Nawwar Helmet’s Only School

Spokesman for the Jerusalem Bedouin communities Abu Imad al-Jahhalin said that employees from the civil administration escorted by soldiers stormed Abu al-Nawwar hamlet and put up a demolition order giving the residents 72 hours before they come again to remove the school structures, PIC reported.

Jahhalin affirmed that a lawyer had obtained an injunction from the Israeli high court of justice extending the deadline given for the demolition of the school until next Thursday, but the civil administration could come any moment to raze it.

He noted that Abu al-Nawwar school had been demolished four times before during 2016, stressing that such an Israeli measure would not intimidate the local residents.

Israel’s systematic demolition activities against Palestinian homes and structures in Bedouin hamlets of east Jerusalem is aimed at forcing the residents to leave their areas there in order to complete its settlement project “E1.”

Settlement construction in E1 area is considered one of the biggest settlement plans that aim to isolate the south of the West Bank from its north and tighten Israel’s grip over the holy city. (T/R04/RS5)