With the occupation army, even no charity, orphans to the street

Iqbal Tamimi27/4/2008

Occupation forces broke 26th of April 2008 into the sewing work shop owned by the Islamic Charitable Society in Hebron, warning the workers to evacuate it in one day, to implement the decision of transferring its ownership to the occupation and close it down.A number of the workers reported that the occupation forces broke into the workshop situated in the ground floor of the charitable orphan’s house in Alsalam Street, and informed the workers of the occupation’s decision that will be implemented on the 28th of April, closing the workshop for 3 years and confiscate all its contents.The Israeli army warned the workers should they disobey this military decision and found present on the premises after the date mentioned, they will be imprisoned for 5 years.The sewing workshop was established 1985, where 15 orphan girls work to support their families. They make clothes for more than 4000 orphans of both genders; the surplus is sold in the local market.The Israeli forces closed down last week the Orphanage bakery too, and confiscated its contents.The orphans are pleading to all human rights organizations and activists to help them reverse this unfair decision.