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Little recourse for Arab girl rejected from Israeli day-care

Maysa and Shuaa Zuabi, from the village of Sulam in northern Israel, launched a court action last week saying they had been "shocked...
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Palestinian History and Identity in Israeli Schools

Up until 1987, the Department for Arab Education was headed by a Jewish-Israeli director who was appointed by the Ministry and...
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Crippled academia unable to recover in Gaza

More than six months after Israel's winter invasion of Gaza, a number of partially or largely damaged universities await...
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UN and international agencies fear Gaza educational system unprepared for new school year: call for immediate opening of Gaza’s borders

A Statement by the UN and International Agencies (AIDA) representing 25 International NGO's calling for an immediate opening of the...
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Palestinians in Israel forced to study Zionist anthem

A leading Arab educator in Israel has denounced the decision of Gideon Saar, the education minister, to require schools to study the...
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1948 no catastrophe says Israel, as term nakba banned from Arab children’s textbooks

Israel's education ministry has ordered the removal of the word nakba - an Arabic word meaning 'catastrophe' which refers to the 1948...
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Israeli soldiers pull students from cars at flying checkpoint near Jenin

Israeli troops detained dozens of students for several hours at a military checkpoint erected near Seida village southwest of Jenin on...
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Arrest of Palestinian Students in Jayyus

Israeli forces entered the village of Jayyus (Qalqilya district) in the early hours of Wednesday morning and arrested three university...
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Jahalin Bedouin school in jeopardy

As Israeli children gear up for the beginning of a new school year next month, Bedouin children from the Jahalin tribe just southeast...
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AAUJ and the effects of occupation & conflict

Since its founding in 2000, the Arab American University in Jenin (AAUJ) has faced numerous obstacles imposed upon it by the Israeli...
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