12 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
This morning the pupils and teachers from Qutuba School protested against the treatment of teachers at checkpoint 56. When, for the second day running, the teachers were not allowed to use the checkpoint gate that they usually use, they refused to pass through. In response at 8 AM the school closed, and the pupils came out to take their lessons outside of the checkpoint.
Addressing the children at the beginning of a lesson one teacher said, ”Until the teachers are allowed to pass around the checkpoint we will have our lessons here.”
At the same … Continue reading
