Palestinian parents fear for children's lives at school as settler attacks grow
Palestinian parents and teachers in the West Bank are expressing deep fear for student safety following a surge in settler-related violence. The report highlights specific incidents, including the killing of students near school grounds.
Why it matters
The intersection of education and regional conflict underscores the severe humanitarian impact of the ongoing occupation.
Figure caption, Fears for children's safety in West Bank school as settler attacks rise
On the first day of the new Palestinian school year, the head-teacher of al-Mughayyir boys school arrived at work before dawn, walking past the freshly installed barbed wire fencing and reinforced school gates as the sun began creeping through olive trees around the village, deep inside the occupied West Bank.
"We are scared," Bassam al Assaf told me. "The students are afraid, and their parents are afraid."
Six people, including three pupils at the school, have been killed in al-Mughayyir this year, in a surge of settler-related violence against Palestinians. One of them, 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan, was shot dead by a settler outside the school gates in April.
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