12th July: The ISRAA is a small, community based organisation working with the poorest children and their families in the town of Jericho in the West Bank, providing funding for underprivileged students. They run two kindergartens, one for children age 0-3 and one for those age 3-6, catering for around 150 children in the same building. On the 2nd July 2006, this building was raided by the Israeli army, who left with four computers and a scanner.
The raid came at 2am. The director of the centre, Sheikh Zayed, told us approximately 30 army jeeps carrying 200 soldiers arrived at the … Continue reading
