BILIN, West Bank, March 29 (UPI) -- Dozens of Palestinian activists from the West Bank built a make-shift school Thursday on land they said Israel had taken to expand a Jewish settlement.
Palestinian activist Mohammad Khatib said the purpose of the construction by villagers from Bilin was "to prove to the world the racism and discrimination of the Israelis," YNetNews reported.
The Palestinians object to ongoing construction by the Israelis at a nearby settlement on land that the Israeli High Court has declared Palestinian, YNetNews reported.
Khatib said Israeli officials have argued that they expropriated the land because they need it.
"We also need buildings. The administration has to explain to the world why it is demolishing buildings we build for our needs while it continues to build on land that has been declared as ours by an Israeli court," Khatib told YNetNews.
No violence was reported at the construction site Thursday.
