21 November 2007
More than 200 Palestinians lived in Khirbet Qassa, west of Hebron. The village was an enclave in the area between the Green Line and the Separation Barrier, whose construction was recently completed.
22 October 2007
Israel closed the Separation Barrier opening the children crossed to get to school in Bir Nebala. Their families have lived in East Jerusalem for decades, yet Israel does not recognize them as residents of the city or let the children study in East Jerusalem schools.
7 May 2023
On Sunday, 7 May 2023, at around 4:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort, a digger, a bulldozer, trucks and a crane, to the school in the community of Jub a-Dib. The forces demolished the school, which serves 42 students, and confiscated a structure used as a storage room as well as furniture, appliances and electronics: 40 chairs, 10 desks, two office desks, two refrigerators, a computer, a TV and a printer.
On Wednesday, 10 May 2023, at around 4:30 P.M., Civil Administration personnel returned to the wreckage of the school with a military escort and confiscated two tents local residents had set up as temporary classrooms and about 40 chairs and declared the school a closed military zone.
The Civil Administration demolished the community’s school once before on 22 August 2017, and it was rebuilt by community residents.
