How Israel’s Financial Strangulation of the West Bank Is Killing Palestinian Public Education
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Netanyahu's government is pushing for the expansion of settler settlements in the iconic West Bank city after breaking the agreements that in 1997 gave control of the territory
How Israel’s financial strangulation of the West Bank is killing Palestinian public education
Israel is stoking a financial crisis in the West Bank by withholding funds from the Palestinian Authority affecting sectors like education, where teachers' salaries have been cut and classes have been shuttered.
The Citizen Since October 2023, the Palestinian Authority has reduced the working hours of teaching staff and imposed a fixed monthly salary of 2 000 sequels. This responds to Israel's systematic withholding of customs revenues, a policy explicitly linked by the Israeli authorities to causing the collapse of the PA and taking control of the West Bank. This financial strangulation aggravates a crisis that already existed: the teaching staff of pu…
The Israeli army bulldozed a building belonging to three Palestinian families in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, in the early hours of the morning. The demolition is considered a violation of international law, and more than 1,700 Palestinians have been displaced by 2025.
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