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Tuwani Project: the School Run

Imagine the scene: a group of children walking to school.  Some of the older children are jostling and pushing each other, joking together; the younger ones are walking quietly, hand in hand.  It could be a scene from almost anywhere in the world.  But this is Palestine, under Israeli military occupation.  The children are Palestinian.  Two Israeli soldiers walk in front of the small group and an army jeep follows behind.   Each school day the Israeli military escorts children, aged six to twelve years old, to school in at-Tuwani.  Armed Israeli settlers attack any Palestinian using the public road.  The escort began in 2004 after Israeli settler attacks on the children and their international accompaniers received widespread publicity.  The military will not allow CPT to walk with the children, but their parents have asked us to monitor the escort from nearby.  Despite the military escort, the children's journey to and from school is still dangerous and frightening.   [MORE]