Aerial view of the football stadium in the Aida refugee camp, near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, bordered by the separation wall built by Israel on Dec. 22, 2025. (Credit: Ammar Awad/Reuters)
In the shadow of the Israeli apartheid wall that engulfs the occupied West Bank, the football pitch at the Aida Palestinian refugee camp built on the outskirts of Bethlehem is being threatened with demolition by Israel. Built in 2021, the small turf pitch, where nearly 500 children practice football, has been under threat of demolition by Israeli authorities since early December. The bad news was discovered one morning when a group of young players stumbled upon a notice from the Israeli army posted at the field’s entrance. The same fate for refugees, from Aida to Shatila The last square of free space in an overcrowded Shatila “We didn't think they would target the field. Since the announcement, we've been activating every possible recourse,” Mouhannad Abou Srour, sporting director of the Aida Shabab club, told L’Orient-Le...
In the shadow of the Israeli apartheid wall that engulfs the occupied West Bank, the football pitch at the Aida Palestinian refugee camp built on the outskirts of Bethlehem is being threatened with demolition by Israel. Built in 2021, the small turf pitch, where nearly 500 children practice football, has been under threat of demolition by Israeli authorities since early December. The bad news was discovered one morning when a group of young players stumbled upon a notice from the Israeli army posted at the field’s entrance. The same fate for refugees, from Aida to Shatila The last square of free space in an overcrowded Shatila “We didn't think they would target the field. Since the announcement, we've been activating every possible recourse,” Mouhannad Abou Srour, sporting director of the Aida Shabab club, told...
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