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Bedouin school under threat from Israel
Al Jazeera, Jul 23, 2009



The UN says that access to education is a basic human right. But for Palestinian children living in the occupied West Bank, getting to school itself is a challenge. One Bedouin community lost three children in road accidents on their long walk to school. Making matters worse, Israeli authorities are trying to block the building of a school near the community's home outside Jerusalem.






© 2009 Al Jazeera

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