Arab schools

Mourners at the funeral of 29-year-old Naeem Marjiyeh and 15-year-old Rami Marjiyeh in the the Catholic Church in the town of Yafa an-Nasariyye. The two were murdered, among three others, in a criminal shooting. June 9, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

‘Mama, are we going to die soon?’ Arab educators grapple with spiking violence

Lacking state support, three Palestinian citizens of Israel share what parents and schools can do to help children exposed to pervasive gun crime.

By Vera Sajrawi June 20, 2023

A classroom in Arab a-Ramadin's children's school. (Tatyana Gitlits/Combatants for Peace)

The stark difference between Israeli and Arab schools on the same side of the separation barrier

Just five minutes from Kfar Saba, under full Israeli control, children from the village Arab a-Ramadin will attend a school made of clay, without electricity, and most certainly without computers. All my years as a teacher and administrator couldn’t have prepared me for this place. By Eitan Kalinski As I stood in front of a structure…

By +972 Magazine August 28, 2016

Thousands of people protest against budget cuts for church-run schools in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

WATCH: Protesting budget discrimination for church schools in Israel

Church-run schools serving over 30,000 Arab children in Israel have been on strike for weeks due to crippling budget cuts. Private Jewish schools receive far more funding. The church-run schools are considered among the best schools in the country and parents fear they could be forced to shut down. Read more on the church school…

By Social TV September 22, 2015

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Bedouin children walking to school in the Naqab/Negev. (Photo from Adalah)

Arab school strike highlights Israel’s discriminatory education policies

All of Israel’s Arabic schools went on strike Monday in solidarity with 47 church-run schools fighting for equal funding from the state in comparison to Jewish religious schools. The discrimination in education is a microcosm of an entire system of inequity. Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett published an op-ed last week marking the start of the new…

By Amjad Iraqi September 7, 2015