Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. RAMALLAH, 21 August 2008 - As one million Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip prepare to return to school next week, UN agencies and the Palestinian Ministry of Education have been stressing the problems schoolchildren face in the occupied Palestinian territory [oPt]. "We should celebrate - in spite of all the hardships - going back to school," said Filippo Grandi, the deputy-commissioner of UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, at a press conference held under the banner of "Unite for Children". At the same time he noted that 76 Palestinian children had been killed so far this year, a 50 percent rise on last year. UN officials and Lamis El-Alami,...
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