Israeli takeover leaves Palestinian schoolchildren in limbo (VIDEO)

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NRWA facilities have been taken over as families scramble for schooling, RT reports from the ground in East Jerusalem Israeli authorities have seized a UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school in the Shufat refugee camp, leaving Palestinian children in East Jerusalem facing uncertainty as their academic year begins.RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij reports from the ground, where families say they fear losing access to affordable schooling or being forced to send their children into an Israeli-run system.Fourteen-year-old Noor and her 11-year-old sister Fatima are among those still without a school just days before the new academic year, Dubenskij reported from Shufat. The sisters fear the disruption could derail their ambitions of becoming a doctor and a dentist. Their father told Dubenskij that the family cannot afford municipal schools, which could cost thousands of shekels, while UNRWA, which provides education, healthcare, and other services to Palestinian refugees, charged only a symbolic annual fee. Parents are also concerned about their children being transferred to Israeli-run schools and taught a different curriculum.A local community leader interviewed by Dubenskij said parents f...

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