education

A first grade classroom at an Israeli school in Jerusalem, September 1, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel is secretly surveilling its teachers. No prizes for guessing which ones

The Education Ministry is monitoring teachers online, searching not only for ‘incitement’ but mere criticism of the state — and 3 out of 4 targeted are Arab.

By Gil Gertel August 21, 2026

Members of "Gaza English Corner" meet in a park in Gaza City, August 2026. (Said Alsaloul)

We’re stitching our future back together in Gaza, one English word at a time

I founded ‘Gaza English Corner’ to help others grow their language skills. But it’s become something larger: a place to connect, grieve, and feel human again.

By Said Alsaloul August 20, 2026

Israeli officers stand by as Palestinian and Jewish activists take part in a rally marking Nakba Day, outside Tel Aviv University, May 14, 2018. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

‘Full cooperation’: How Tel Aviv University serves Israel’s security state

From Shin Bet recruitment to military training programs, Israel’s defense establishment is becoming increasingly embedded in academic life.

By Meron Rapoport and Aharon Porath July 30, 2026

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Students at a makeshift university in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, March 30, 2026. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

High school final exam season is stressful. In Gaza, it’s nearly impossible

With the Tawjihi moved online, students are struggling with unstable internet and constant distraction — all while Israeli attacks threaten their lives.

By Ruwaida Amer June 29, 2026

A Palestinian child reads her schoolbook in front of newly erected barbed wire fence bearing Israeli flags, which Israeli settlers put up to block the passage of Palestinian teachers and students from their homes in the village of Umm Al-Khair to their school, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, April 13, 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

Despite global outrage, Israel is still blockading our children’s education

It’s been three weeks since settlers fenced off my students’ path to school, trying to show that Umm Al-Khair has no future. We refuse to let them win.

By Tariq Hathaleen May 5, 2026

Palestinian students at an UNRWA school in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Jan. 30, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Israel claims to care about Palestinian students — so it shuts down their schools

The Education Ministry ordered UNRWA-run schools in East Jerusalem to close, citing ‘student welfare.’ 800 may lose their classrooms this month.

By Gil Gertel May 6, 2025

Students walk by as relatives of Israelis held hostage in Gaza protest for their release, outside the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, July 16, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The schizophrenic existence of Palestinian students on Israeli campuses

We've learned to suppress our identity and emotions, unable to speak about the carnage in Gaza. But in our relative safety, we are also trapped by guilt.

By Guevara Bader April 4, 2025

Palestinian students pass an Israeli military jeep on their way home from school in the village of At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, September 28, 2022. (Oren Ziv)

In Masafer Yatta, our very right to education is under fire

Amid Israeli settler attacks, military raids, roadblocks, and an economic crisis, simply getting to school can be a challenge. But still we fight for our students.

By Mahmoud Al-Omour November 7, 2024

"Pioneers of Hope", an educational initiative in a displacement camp in Deir Al-Balah. (Ruwaida Amer)

For Gaza’s schoolchildren, another year of destruction, loss, and uncertainty

Makeshift schools in tent camps have served thousands of Palestinian children. But can they survive the approaching winter and Israel’s intensifying assaults?

By Ruwaida Amer and Ibtisam Mahdi October 24, 2024

University of Haifa (Wikimedia Commons)

How Haifa University’s Students’ Union conspired against Palestinians

Palestinian students arrived at the union’s office to submit their candidacy for elections. The administration slammed the door in their faces.

By Baker Zoubi September 13, 2024

A Palestinian woman sits in front of the damaged entrance to Al-Aqsa University in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

The decimation of Gaza’s academia is ‘impossible to quantify’

With thousands of faculty and students likely killed and campuses destroyed, Palestinian universities in the Strip are barely surviving Israel’s scholasticide.

By Ibtisam Mahdi July 26, 2024

Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian during her court proceeding in Jerusalem, April 19, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

The orchestrated persecution of Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

A vicious campaign by Israeli academia, police, and media to silence the professor shows Palestinians they have no safe place in Zionist institutions.

By Shahrazad Odeh April 30, 2024

Sister Nabila Saleh at the entrance to the Rosary Sisters School in Gaza City after it was moderately damaged by Israeli airstrikes, May 12, 2021. (Holy Family Catholic Parish)

An ode to my school, destroyed by Israel

The school where I taught in Gaza City was my second home. Now it lies in ruins, some of my beloved students are dead, and I am terrified for the rest.

By Ruwaida Amer February 21, 2024