Why Israel is interfering in Palestinian education
The occupation authorities are trying to censor Palestinian school curricula because they teach national consciousness.

The occupation authorities are trying to censor Palestinian school curricula because they teach national consciousness.







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Mary Maker says education changed the course of her life and urges world leaders to invest in education for refugees.

Italy is planning to ban the burqa and niqab in schools and cap the number of foreign students per class.

Palestinian children have returned to classrooms after Israel destroyed Gaza’s schools.
After nearly three years of disruption, children return to school in Gaza in makeshift spaces with scarce resources.
Gaza’s IT industry has been devastated from three-years of bombing and destruction.
At least eight people were also injured in the country’s third deadly school shooting since June.

The US House passed a bill that could cut universities off from federal student aid if they boycott Israel.
Gaza families face difficult choices: send children to schools in tents with few resources to pay for private school.
University lifts suspension amid criticism from student groups over crackdown on pro-Palestine sentiments.
A court has temporarily suspended a directive to expel the students, but the threat of eviction lingers.