Dear Friend,

I am writing to you today with an urgent and time sensitive request for intervention, as yet another Palestinian school in the West Bank faces demolition by the Israeli Army. In this case, the the Jubbet Ahd Dhib School was not afforded due process or even given their day in court, and it can now be demolished at any time. Reach out to your Senators and Representative now and ask them to stand up for Palestinian children and their right to an education.

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• In 2017, the original school building in Jubbet Ahd Dhib was demolished by the Israeli Army, the night before the first day of the school year
• The Palestinian Authority then rebuilt the school overnight, and the school has faced harassment at the hands of settlers since
• Intervention by the U.S. State Department since 2017 has helped keep the school standing – but now it looks like it is in real danger

 

Rebuilding Alliance has been advocating to safeguard Masafer Yatta schools in our Contact Congress briefing series this year, and last year we tried everything we could to save the Sfai school, but to no avail. But out of all of the cases that we have seen, this case is especially horrendous:

– A powerful settler group, Regavim, pushed the government of Israel to demolish the school

– The school has not even gotten the opportunity to be involved in the proceedings of the case, no due process has been afforded to the village, and the village’s petition to appeal was rejected last week.

The children of Jubbet Ahd Dhib have the right to an education, and the right to learn in a safe school that isn’t threatened by settlers and the army. The only thing that can keep their school standing now is political pressure. Please Email Congress now and stand up for the children of Jubbet Ahd Dhib.

Sincerely,

Nisreen Malley, Advocacy Coordinator
Rebuilding Alliance

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