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Israel demolishes Palestinian WB sch
By Nidz Godino
"We got ready to come to school and when we arrived we didn't find the school," student Mohammed Ibrahim told media... "we want school today…we want to study, if they,Israeli forces will keep demolishing, we will keep building."
Israeli authorities demolished Palestinian school in occupied West Bank, drawing harsh condemnation from European Union. COGAT, branch of Israeli military, said in statement building, located about 2 km from Bethlehem, had been constructed illegally and "was found to be dangerous to safety of anyone studying or otherwise visiting there," and thus an Israeli court "had ordered it demolished."
European Union Delegation to Palestinians, on its official Twitter account, said it was "appalled" by school's demolition, which it said would affect 60 Palestinian children. Demolition was "illegal under international law" and would "only increase suffering of Palestinian population and further escalate already tense environment," the EU delegation said.
COGAT said building's owner had refused several attempts by Israeli authorities to engage in dialogue over status of the structure before enforcement of demolition.
Students and witnesses said building had been brought to rubble with no trace of school that once stood there.
Witnesses also said contents of building had been confiscated.
"They demolished the school and they took everything with them," nearby resident and witness whose grandson was student at the school Ismael Salah told media, "All furniture, they put them in trucks and took them."
Israel has often cited lack of building permits, which Palestinians and rights groups say are nearly impossible to obtain, in destroying Palestinian structures in West Bank, an area it captured in 1967 Middle East war.
Palestinians want more than half million Jewish settlers there, along with Israeli soldiers, to leave occupied territories. Israel balks at such sweeping pullouts, citing historical claims on biblical lands.
Gush Etzion Regional Council, which represents nearby block of Jewish settlers in West Bank, welcomed the demolition.
"This is definitely another step in persistent struggle for our State lands, Gush Etzion Regional Council Mayor, and Chairman of Yesha Council, Shlomo Neeman said in statement. "There is still a lot of work to be done."
Palestinian Authority's ministry of education called demolition "heinous crime" and said it would cause " school's students to be deprived of receiving their education in free, safe and stable manner, similar to children in the rest of the world."
An Israeli official source told media dispute over building's safety had gone on for six years and that nearby school would absorb students displaced by demolition.
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