education system

An Arab choir sings at Independence Day celebrations, held in Umm al-Fahm, April 29, 1958 (Moshe Pridan/GPO)
Revealed: Shin Bet controlled Arab schools for decades
Classified documents reveal how, for years, Israel’s internal security service meddled in Arab society’s education system, firing teachers deemed ‘threats’ and employing Shin Bet agents in the Education Ministry. It has long been known that the Shin Bet, Israel’s shadowy internal security service, has been involved in surveillance over the country’s Arab population. Since the very…
By Edo Konrad January 21, 2018
Palestinian boys line up during a morning assembly at a UNRWA school in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, September 15, 2014. (Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
Educating toward peace: Two narratives for two peoples
After Oslo, Israel made an attempt to institutionalize education toward peace, but it drowned in bloodshed and violence. A look at the situation today. By Gil Gertel Not a single educator has made a single educational declaration regarding the current situation over the past month. Nothing. Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett keeps repeating that Palestinian…
By +972 Magazine October 28, 2015
High school students against political silencing of teachers (Oren Ziv / Activestills)
Hundreds gather to support politically ‘persecuted’ teacher
Some 500 high school students and teachers demonstrated at the entrance to the town of Kiryat Tivon Saturday night to show their support for Adam Verete, a local teacher who is facing possible sacking over proclaiming his left-wing political views in class. The usually tranquil town of Kiryat Tivon, just outside of Haifa, was rattled this…
By Haggai Matar January 26, 2014
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