The Systematic Erasure of Palestinian Education In occupied East Jerusalem, a war is being waged on an unlikely front: education.
Israel's latest legislative salvo, passed by the Knesset in January 2026, is part of a broader campaign to dismantle the Palestinian education system in the city.
At its core lies a disturbing aim: to eradicate any semblance of Palestinian identity and replace it with a monolithic, "Israelized" curriculum that strips students of their cultural heritage.