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Occupied Palestinian Territories, October 2018

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3 October 2018, Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: EAs arrive to spend the night in Khan al Ahmar. Accompaniers serving the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel offer protective presence to vulnerable communities living under occupation. Khan al Ahmar is a Bedouin community located within the East Jerusalem Periphery, in E1 area. It is home to 32 families, 173 persons in total, including 92 children and youths. The community has a mosque and a school, which was built in 2009 and serves more than 150 children between the ages of six and fifteen, from Khan al Ahmar and other nearby communities. With due date 1 October 2018, Israeli authorities threaten to demolish the site, thereby making room for nearby Israeli settlements to expand.

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Khan al Ahmar
3 October 2018, Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories: EAs arrive to spend the night in Khan al Ahmar. Accompaniers serving the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel offer protective presence to vulnerable communities living under occupation. Khan al Ahmar is a Bedouin community located within the East Jerusalem Periphery, in E1 area. It is home to 32 families, 173 persons in total, including 92 children and youths. The community has a mosque and a school, which was built in 2009 and serves more than 150 children between the ages of six and fifteen, from Khan al Ahmar and other nearby communities. With due date 1 October 2018, Israeli authorities threaten to demolish the site, thereby making room for nearby Israeli settlements to expand.