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International Christian Embassy donates 15 bomb shelters to Israeli towns
(JNS) Amid the intense rocket barrages of recent days, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem is pressing ahead with orders for 15 new portable bomb shelters nine to be delivered as soon as possible to vulnerable Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip and the other six to exposed villages along the northern border with Lebanon.
Thanks to gifts from concerned Christians worldwide, this will bring to 132 the total number of bomb shelters the ICEJ has donated since 2008. The majority of these shelters have. For access to this article please
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School children in UK face punishment for supporting Palestine
People participate in Protest for Jerusalem outside the Israeli Embassy in London, United Kingdom on May 9, 2021 [Vudi Xhymshiti/Anadolu Agency] May 27, 2021 at 5:15 pm
Israel s most recent attacks on Palestinians in the occupied territories of the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem have not only stirred mass demonstrations on the streets of the UK but also within its schools,
Anadolu Agency reports.
Pro-Palestinian protests erupted in a number of schools across the UK in response to the Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and compound as well as airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
Girls grammar head warns over students being used as ‘captive audience for political messaging’ from online groups
27 May 2021 • 6:45pm
Schools in the UK have faced protests after being caught off guard in the fallout from the Israel-Palestine conflict
A girls’ grammar school has warned parents that pupils are “responding to rallying cries on social media” to stage pro-Palestinian protests.
Woodford County High School, in north London, said it had removed images of the Palestinian flag from school white boards and pin boards and “at times (the flags) were inflicted on school property as graffiti”.
Jo Pomeroy, the headteacher, stressed in a letter to parents last week that schools were “apolitical organisations” and “school populations are not to be used as captive audiences for political messaging by anyone”.