Shafaqna English– The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said that Israel closed three of its schools in annexed East Jerusalem, forcing Palestinian students to leave early and throwing the education of more than 800 others into question.
Last month, heavily armed Israeli police and Education Ministry officials ordered six schools in east Jerusalem to close within 30 days, which ended on Wednesday (07 May 2025). The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, runs the six schools. UNRWA also runs schools in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which continue to operate.
The closure orders come after Israel banned UNRWA from operating on its soil earlier this year. UNRWA is the main provider of education and health care to Palestinian refugees across East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel has annexed East Jerusalem and considers the entire city its unified capital.
Source: Arab News