Israel has barred more than 230 Christian teachers from al-Quds, triggering school closures and exposing a systematic campaign to undermine Christian and Palestinian presence in the city.
Christian schools in al-Quds launched a week-long strike after Israel blocked more than 230 Christian teachers from the occupied West Bank from entering al-Quds to teach, the US-based Palestine Chronicle news website reported on Tuesday.
Since Israel built the apartheid wall around al-Quds in 2002, Palestinians from the occupied West Bank have been barred from entering the city without special permits granted only to limited categories and for short periods.
More than 230 teachers from Bethlehem, many of whom worked in al-Quds long before the wall, are now forced to obtain these permits.
Al-Quds is home to 15 Christian schools educating over 12,000 students, which are among the oldest and most respected institutions in the city.
The restrictive move highlights a broader pattern of Israeli obstruction of education in the occupied territories, including denying new classrooms, raiding schools, arresting and searching students and teachers, shutting schools under various pretexts, and banning renovations. (more...)
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