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Thousands of people protest against budget cuts for church-run schools in front of the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

WATCH: Protesting budget discrimination for church schools in Israel

Church-run schools serving over 30,000 Arab children in Israel have been on strike for weeks due to crippling budget cuts. Private Jewish schools receive far more funding. The church-run schools are considered among the best schools in the country and parents fear they could be forced to shut down. Read more on the church school…

By Social TV September 22, 2015

Bedouin children walking to school in the Naqab/Negev. (Photo from Adalah)

Arab school strike highlights Israel’s discriminatory education policies

All of Israel’s Arabic schools went on strike Monday in solidarity with 47 church-run schools fighting for equal funding from the state in comparison to Jewish religious schools. The discrimination in education is a microcosm of an entire system of inequity. Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett published an op-ed last week marking the start of the new…

By Amjad Iraqi September 7, 2015