Israel shuts down UNRWA-affiliated schools in occupied East Jerusalem | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Critics say hundreds of children are likely to be moved to schools teaching Israeli curriculum, which could ‘erase’ Palestinian identity.

Israel has shut down six schools run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees after moving to banish the organisation from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem early this year.

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said in a statement that Israeli police forcibly entered schools in the East Jerusalem…

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News Source: www.aljazeera.com

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