From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Saree Makdisi was published by LAT on January 8, 2016.
“Why Israel’s schools merit a U.S. boycott”
The United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination points out with alarm that Israel maintains two separate educational systems for its citizens — one for Jewish children and another for the children of the Palestinian minority — a structure that reinforces the profound segregation of Israeli society in everything from matters of citizenship and marriage to housing rights.
According to official Israeli data cited by the human rights organization Adalah, by the turn of the 21st century Israel was investing three times as much on a per capita basis in the education of a Jewish as opposed to that of a Palestinian citizen.
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