HEBRON, April 23, 2012 (WAFA) – Israel threatened to close a Palestinian school in the southern Hebron hills under the pretext of “protecting the security of Israeli settlers,” the school principal said Monday.

Wajeh al-Adrah, headmaster of Zif elementary school, told WAFA that the Israeli commander of the southern region threatened to close the school “permanently” to secure the safety of several illegal Israeli settlements constructed in the southern hills.

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