Israeli settlers demolish Palestinian school in occupied West Bank, Education Ministry says
LONDON: Israeli settlers demolished the Yanoun Mixed Basic School in a hamlet south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
In a statement, the ministry said the school in Yanoun, which served about 15 pupils from first to sixth grade, was destroyed around eight months after residents of Yanoun were forcibly displaced.
The ministry described the demolition as “a new crime against Palestinian children” and said it violated international humanitarian law and conventions protecting the right to education and prohibiting attacks on schools.
It said the school had served as a vital educational facility for the community, ensuring children had access to primary education, and accused Israel of pursuing a systematic policy aimed at undermining the Palestinian education system, increasing pressure on communities and depriving children of their right to learn.
