2-27-2017 Palestinian children attend class in the street after Israel shuts down school - Ma'an News
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After Israeli authorities shut down a Palestinian elementary school in the occupied East Jerusalem town of Sur Bahir last Thursday over alleged "incitement" in its study materials, students attended class in the street on Sunday and protested against Israel's decision to close the school.. Israeli authorities from the education ministry claimed the school was established by Hamas with the aim of teaching "content that undermines the sovereignty of Israel," and that the school's aims were "consistent with the ideology of the terror organization, which calls for the destruction of Israel," the Times of Israel said...
After Israeli authorities shut down a Palestinian elementary school in the occupied East Jerusalem town of Sur Bahir last Thursday over alleged "incitement" in its study materials, students attended class in the street on Sunday and protested against Israel's decision to close the school.. Israeli authorities from the education ministry claimed the school was established by Hamas with the aim of teaching "content that undermines the sovereignty of Israel," and that the school's aims were "consistent with the ideology of the terror organization, which calls for the destruction of Israel," the Times of Israel said...
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Education, Palestinian children suffer from routine Israeli interference and political pressure to replace Palestinian curricula with an Israeli one in occupied East Jerusalem, where full Israeli military and civil control deprives students from proper and secure educational services.
A 2016 report by Israeli daily Haaretz also said that Palestinian schools in occupied East Jerusalem received less than half the funds that the Jerusalem municipality transferred to Jewish schools in West Jerusalem...
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