Palestinian Schools on Strike

September 10, 2015 IMEU
Palestinian Schools on Strike

Forty-seven Palestinian Christian schools in Israel have been on strike since the start of the academic year, with Palestinian citizens of Israel citing the government’s discriminatory funding practices as reason for protest. Recently, the Israeli Education Ministry cut its funding of Palestinian Christian schools from 75% to 29%.

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