# Why Israel is interfering in Palestinian education

https://mins.news/en/item/80376

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-30 13:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/9/30/why-israel-is-interfering-in-palestinian-education?traffic_source=rss

> The article argues that Israeli occupation authorities are censoring Palestinian curricula because they foster national consciousness. In occupied East Jerusalem, 45,000 Palestinian children now study an Israeli-designed curriculum. Research cited in the article says textbook changes remove or alter references to Palestinian symbols, history, sovereignty, self-determination and the realities of occupation, raising fears of annexation and erasure of Palestinian identity.