Israel’s defence ministry plans to hold an auction next week to sell two prefabricated classrooms that were donated to Palestinian schoolchildren by the EU. The Civil Administration, the body tasked with running the occupation, tore down and confiscated the classrooms last October. An advertisement published in the Israeli newspaper Maariv said the sale would take place at Civil Administration offices in the West Bank. Asked to comment on Thursday afternoon, the Civil Administration said it needed more time to respond. More than 400,000 Israelis have moved into the West Bank, building settlements on land seized from Palestinians.

Source: The Guardian May 31, 2019 04:52 UTC