Article details a series of attacks on Palestinian children on their way to school by masked and armed Jewish settlers, with an Israeli Army "protection" detail "protecting" the kids about as enthusiastically as Southern racist cops "protected" civil rights activists. The settlers are actually brazen enough to attack the international observers who are brave enough to accompany the kids to school.
http://www.truthout.org/palestinian-at-tuwani-fight-their-education57968<< . . . Violence against the children and international volunteers assisting on the walk to school, on Palestinian land, but claimed by the Ma'on settlement since 1981, became so prevalent that in 2004 the Israel Parliament mandated an order to the Israeli military to provide an escort for these children seeking an education. To and from school, soldiers are supposed to insure safety, with promises of prosecution against settlers guilty of violence and threatening behavior.
Neither order has yet to be met with regularity, leaving an already vulnerable group of children unsafe, while allowing their attackers freedom to attack again. Fear for the children in the area has grown so strong, the school population has dropped one-third. Nightmares, anxiety and other associated post-traumatic stress symptoms are now a way of life, stealing away the children's innocence, targeting them in an attempt to steal away education and a chance at a different life.>>
