The European Union condemns Israeli measures against three Palestinian schools in the West Bank days before classes restart following the summer holidays.
In a statement, the EU expresses “strong concern about the recent confiscations of Palestinian school structures undertaken by Israel in Bedouin communities in the occupied West Bank.”
“Every child has the right to safe access to education and states have an obligation to protect, respect and fulfil this right, by ensuring that schools are inviolable safe spaces for children,” it says.
On Monday, a kindergarten structure in a Bedouin Arab community in the eastern West Bank was confiscated, while overnight Tuesday a small primary school was demolished in the southern West Bank.
Solar panels used to power another school were also removed.
Israeli officials say the structures did not have proper permits.
Many such projects are built by European NGOs with funding from the European Union.
— with AFP
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