Jerusalem’s Christian schools suspended classes on September 1 after Israeli authorities failed to renew entry permits for staff from the West Bank – disrupting the new academic year for more than 8,500 students.
Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Brother Daoud Kassabry, headmaster of Collège des Frères in Jerusalem, warned that the failure to provide permits for more than 70 teachers and support staff from the West Bank threatened students’ education.
He said: “The start of the school term should be a moment of joy, reunions and hope.
