Most of Israel's Arab schools observed a one-day strike on Monday in solidarity with Christian schools which have been protesting state fund cuts, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. Almost all of the 450,000 Arab students in Israel stayed away from school, said Jafar Farah, the head of the Mossawa centre that promotes the rights of Arabs in the Jewish state. A spokesman for Israel's education ministry told AFP that "a majority of Arab schools observed the strike".
09-08-2015, 10:46 PM
Israel's Arab schools strike in support of Christians
Most of Israel's Arab schools observed a one-day strike on Monday in solidarity with Christian schools which have been protesting state fund cuts, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. Almost all of the 450,000 Arab students in Israel stayed away from school, said Jafar Farah, the head of the Mossawa centre that promotes the rights of Arabs in the Jewish state. A spokesman for Israel's education ministry told AFP that "a majority of Arab schools observed the strike".
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