Khan al-Ahmar school

Activists protest the demolition of Wadi al-Ahmar near the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank on September 12, 2018. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

Activists dig in ahead of Khan al-Ahmar demolition

Israel may demolish and evict the Palestinian-Bedouin community any day now, and activists are maintaining a presence there until it does. Israeli forces demolish a small, protest camp that was erected earlier in the week. By Oren Ziv An Israeli High Court injunction preventing the forced displacement and demolition of the Bedouin community of Khan…

By Oren Ziv September 13, 2018

Palestinian schoolgirls sit outside the school in Khan al-Ahmar, which held its first day of school a month and a half early in order to prevent its planned demolition, July 16, 2018. (Oren Ziv)

How to fight the demolition of a West Bank school? Start the year early

For years the Israeli government has tried to destroy Khan al-Ahmar’s eco-friendly school, along with the rest of the tiny West Bank hamlet. So the Palestinian Authority cut short the summer break and started the school year early. The students didn’t seem to mind. By Oren Ziv Dozens of schoolchildren welcomed the new school year in the West Bank…

By Oren Ziv July 16, 2018

All That's Left activists place backpacks outside Israel's Supreme Court to protest the decision to demolish the village of Khan al-Ahmar, including its eco-friendly school, which serves the local Bedouin population, Jerusalem, July 10, 2018. (Courtesy of All That's Left)

As Israel prepares to demolish Bedouin school, activists lay out backpacks for each student

As Israeli authorities prepare to demolish Khan al-Ahmar’s school, a group of activists lay backpacks outside Israel’s Supreme Court — one for each student who may soon find himself without a place to learn. A group of Israeli and foreign Jewish activists laid 174 backpacks outside Israel’s Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning as…

By Edo Konrad July 10, 2018

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