And some cowards attacked us!
Anata secondary school in East Jerusalem has been experiencing daily incursions by Israeli forces, as the Israeli Annexation Wall runs through the middle of the schoolyard.
Israeli soldiers arrived en masse at the school on Wednesday the 12th of April, just as students took their morning break. The headmaster was forced to shut the school after students and staff were subjected to rounds of rubber bullets, sound bombs and large volumes of tear gas.
In the most recent attack on Wednesday, at 10:40 am students began their morning break in the schoolyard, which has been split in half by the Israeli Annexation Wall for several months. Four military jeeps came towards the school and stationed in front of the perimeter, threatening the students with their sirens. Shortly after, Occupation Soldiers launched sound bombs into the crowd of students.
To defend themselves from the attacks - which have become a regular feature of school life in Anata - children pelted the Soldiers with stones. Escalating their violence, Soldiers unleashed a flurry of rubber bullets and tear gas into the crowd and then fired into the school. Administrative staff later collected over a dozen tear gas canisters just from the school building. The gas was so intense that breathing within the school halls became impossible, leading to suspension of classes for the rest of the day. [Continue]
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Attacking schools is not so uncommon in Palestine! Some years ago a girl told me how her cousin’s school in Palestine was attacked, and how the soldiers snatched the girl from their seats… the school was closed after that for God knows how long!
My prayers for our young brothers and sisters in Palestine. May Allah make their hearts steadfast. They are a great example for the rest of us.