Masked 'Palestinian' 'gunmen' burn down Khan Yunis child and family care center
The 'Palestinian' Center for Human Rights reports that masked 'Palestinian' 'gunmen' burned down a child and family care center in Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.Early this morning, unknown gunmen set alight the Child and Family Care Center in al-Fukhari Village east of Khan Younis. The Center was established by the Canaan Institute of New Pedagogy in cooperation with the al-Fukhari Association for Rural Development. This is the second time in two days that the Center has been attacked. This incident is part of the security chaos currently plaguing the occupied Palestinian territory.Of course, since this attack cannot be blamed on the Joooos (except to the extent that the 'continuing security chaos' and the 'recent Israeli offensive' can be blamed on the Joooos), it's not going to be of much interest to the 'international community.' But perhaps, it ought to be.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights' (PCHR) investigations indicate that, at approximately 03:00am on 12 April 2009, a number of masked gunmen set fire to tents belonging to the Child and Family Care Center. During the attack the gunmen detained the Center's security guard in a nearby field. Mr. Al-Bahdari, director of the Center, stated that fire destroyed the six plastic tents which formed the Center, along with their contents and equipment. The Child and Family Care Center had been subject to a similar attack in the early morning of Saturday, 11 April 2009.
The Child and Family Care Center is one of five established by the Canaan Institute of New Pedagogy in cooperation with different benevolent associations across the Gaza Strip. These centers aim to help and support children who live in areas affected by the recent Israeli offensive.
PCHR strongly condemns the attack on the Child and Family Care Center, noting that this attack constitutes part of the continuing security chaos plaguing the occupied Palestinian territory.
I didn't find this story anyplace else, but I'm going to guess that the key to this story is "The Center was established by the Canaan Institute of New Pedagogy in cooperation with the al-Fukhari Association for Rural Development."
The Canaan Institute of New Pedagogy describes itself as a
Palestinian non-profit organization [established] by “ the Palestinian Forum of Education for Development-PFED”, supported by the consortium of the French NGOs, member of the platform of the French NGOs for Palestine [ Members of the Consortium of French NGOs are: Refugee Children of the World (ERM), Active Methods Training Centers Association (CEMEA), Les FRANCAS, Leo- Lagrange League and Retired Educators Association (GREF) ].Why would 'masked gunmen' want to destroy this kind of center? My guess is because it's competing with Hamas' 'charitable works' and Hamas views that as a danger.
Canaan addresses the needs of professional training programs for the workers, and volunteers in the field of socio-cultural education, and promotes New Education based on the right to participation, freedom of choice, choice – responsibility and non-violence.
Through its programs Canaan meets the requests coming from other organizations for professional training and/or consultancy in designing, implementing and developing advanced educational activities and social programs.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:20 PM
3 Comments:
That's probably it - Hamas will not tolerate non-Islamist or more precisely, non-Hamas child care centers in Gaza. Just don't look for an outcry from human rights NGOs in Israel or abroad with regard to this incident since the Jews aren't in the picture.
It seems to be run mostly by the french. I wonder if this has anything to do with the french rescue of hostages from islamist pirates
I'm consulting the chicken bones and they tell me "Jewish settlers" will be blamed.
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