besieged West Bank school fortifies its defences against settler violence
By William Christou and Sufian Abu Taha in al-Mughayyir November 3, 2026 After deaths of five students at hands of Israeli settlers in last academic year, al-Mughayyir’s teachers and pupils are on high alert Students line up on the first day of the school year at a newly fortified al-Mughayyir school. Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA This year, parents in al-Mughayyir had to be persuaded to send their children back to school. Israeli settlers had killed five teenage students last academic year –...