At Givat Haviva's United World College, 140 Jewish, Arab, and international students live and study together—determined to build dialogue and leadership across the conflict's fault lines.
By January 2024 — more than three months into the war—the Ministry of Education could not confirm whether approximately 39 percent of displaced students were enrolled in any educational framework at all.
The Education Ministry said the ban aims to help pupils develop social and emotional skills, improve school climate, and enable better focus on learning.
Impact-se’s research on Middle Eastern school curricula examines how governments shape citizens' views on peace and coexistence with Israel through public education.
Parents and local leaders expressed outrage at the school for disciplining a student for reporting antisemitism, arguing it will deter others from coming forward to expose such bigotry.
This development comes about two weeks after the U.N.'s Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, disclosed that the ground beneath one of its schools had fallen—and that the construction of a Hamas terrorist tunnel caused the collapse.
'We are glad to participate in a project that puts such an important topic at the front: creating a safer digital sphere for our kids,' the Israeli actress and her husband Jaron Varsano said.