Israel Denying Palestinians Proper Education in E. Jerusalem
by Mondoweiss on Feb 6, 2014 | Views: 559 | Score: 1
Number of Classrooms Ordered for Construction by Israeli Supreme Court | Number of Classrooms Completed in East Jerusalem for Palestinians | |
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Classrooms For Palestinians In East Jerusalem | 2200 | 150 |
Sources:
mondoweiss.net
In September 2013, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and NGO Ir Amim released a report entitled "Failing East Jerusalem Education System" which found that in response to a 2011 Israeli Supreme Court ruling calling for the construction of 2200 new classrooms in East Jerusalem by 2016, the Jerusalem municipality and Israeli Education Ministry had only completed 150.