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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Zena Al Tahhan

Palestinian schools in Jerusalem strike over Israel-imposed books

Palestinian classrooms in occupied East Jerusalem are largely empty after a strike began on Monday [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]

Occupied East Jerusalem – Palestinian schools in occupied East Jerusalem are observing a general strike in protest at attempts by Israel’s Jerusalem municipality to censor and edit Palestinian textbooks, as well as introduce an Israeli curriculum in classrooms.

Hundreds of schools shut their doors on Monday morning – the latest in a series of recent steps over the past few weeks led by parents, which included protests and a refusal to teach the Israeli-imposed textbooks.

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