
East Jerusalem Schools Strike Over Israeli Curriculum Mandate
East Jerusalem’s Palestinian-majority schools opened with an open-ended teachers’ strike after Israel ordered the exclusive use of the Israeli curriculum for new first- and seventh-grade classes and blocked entry permits for West Bank teachers, a move that would push about one-third of Palestinian students (more than 45,000) into Israeli schooling and sparked portrayals of cultural/educational coercion amid wider staffing shortages and legislative hurdles.
