Israel confiscates tent used as classroom by Bedouin community after school demolition
Ma’an – October 6, 2016
A Palestinian Bedouin woman stands next to her destroyed tent in the village of Atouf in the Jordan Valley. (AFP/Saif Dahlah, File)BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces reportedly confiscated a tent used as a classroom in the Bedouin community of Abu Nuwwar on Tuesday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told Ma’an on Thursday.OCHA Communications and Information Analyst Ofir Feuerstein told Ma’an that “Israeli authorities confiscated a tent in Abu Nuwwar” — part of the contentious “E1 corridor” located just east of Jerusalem municipal boundaries — on Tuesday.“
According to OCHA’s information, the tent was placed following a demolition of a classroom and a concrete ground that took place on Sept. 27,” he added. A spokesperson for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the Israeli…
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