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23rd April 2010, 11:57 AM
UN: Thousands of children without school in Israeli-blockaded Gaza
Tags: ISRAEL
The United Nations refugee agency in Gaza Strip has not built any schools in the past three years because the Israeli blockade prevented the importation of construction materials, a UN official said Thursday.
As a consequence, tens of thousands of Palestinian children have had no opportunity to attend school, said John Ging, the director of the UN refugee work agency operation in the territory. He said there are about 50,000 new born Palestinians a year in the Gaza's 1.5- million population.
Link Here (http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1550298.php/UN-Thousands-of-children-without-school-in-Israeli-blockaded-Gaza)
EDIT: Replaced long link with named link, to prevent forum page scrolling to the right. -Gaillo
Tags: ISRAEL
The United Nations refugee agency in Gaza Strip has not built any schools in the past three years because the Israeli blockade prevented the importation of construction materials, a UN official said Thursday.
As a consequence, tens of thousands of Palestinian children have had no opportunity to attend school, said John Ging, the director of the UN refugee work agency operation in the territory. He said there are about 50,000 new born Palestinians a year in the Gaza's 1.5- million population.
Link Here (http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1550298.php/UN-Thousands-of-children-without-school-in-Israeli-blockaded-Gaza)
EDIT: Replaced long link with named link, to prevent forum page scrolling to the right. -Gaillo