Palestinian students strike as Israel bans access to West Bank teachers

Israel limits the quality of teachers from the West Bank to question to occupied East Jerusalem.

At slightest 25,000 students successful occupied East Jerusalem are taking portion successful a onslaught aft Israel prevented entree to teachers from the occupied West Bank.

The onslaught was called by the General Secretariat of Christian Educational Institutions successful Jerusalem and aboriginal joined by each backstage schools successful East Jerusalem.

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It follows Israel’s determination to bounds the fig of days connected which enactment permits are granted to teachers from the West Bank. Under Israeli rules, Palestinians indispensable get a licence from the Israeli subject to transverse checkpoints separating the West Bank from East Jerusalem.

Mustafa Barghouti, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative party, said connected Wednesday that 13 Christian schools were taking portion successful the onslaught and others were preparing to bash the same.

“The crushed goes deeper than conscionable the contented of the teachers. It reflects dismay astir the Israeli-imposed amerciable rules,” helium wrote connected X without elaborating.

The Times of Israel quoted Richard Zananiri, manager of the backstage St George’s School, arsenic saying the restrictions impact much than fractional of the astir 300 teachers employed crossed each backstage schools successful the city.

“We are not blessed that children are staying astatine home,” Zananiri said, adding that discussions were ongoing with Israeli authorities to guarantee the resumption of each activities.

The Palestinian quality bureau Wafa reported that the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education slammed Israel’s determination arsenic a superior usurpation of the close to education. According to the report, the ministry charged that Israel’s actions were portion of a systematic argumentation aimed astatine undermining Palestinian individuality successful East Jerusalem.

Israeli media besides reported the closure of six schools successful East Jerusalem tally by the UN bureau for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which Israel has repeatedly claimed, without evidence, was complicit with Hamas successful the October 7, 2023, attacks connected confederate Israel.

In October, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion saying Israel indispensable enactment UN alleviation efforts successful Gaza, including those conducted by UNRWA. The tribunal recovered that Israel’s allegations against UNRWA were unsubstantiated.

The tribunal besides said Israel, arsenic the occupying power, had to guarantee that the “basic needs” of the Palestinian colonisation of Gaza were met, “including the supplies indispensable for survival”, specified arsenic food, water, shelter, substance and medicines.