Students celebrate reading week at Solomon's Pools

School children in Bethlehem concluded national reading week on Sunday with a ceremony at Solomon's Pools.The event, organized by the Tamer Organization for Community Education and the education ministry, included traditional activities and performances denouncing Israeli settlement activities and land confiscation.Sami Imruwwa, director of the ministry's office in Bethlehem, said the event was held at Solomon's Pools to reassert Palestinian ownership of the site in response to recent visits by Israeli settlers.Israeli settlers, accompanied by soldiers, visited Solomon's Pools during Passover.The deputy governor of Bethlehem, Muhammad Taha, said the visit was a "flagrant violation" of the Oslo Accords which placed Solomon's Pools in Area A, the 22 percent of the West Bank under full Palestinian Authority control.