The Minister of Education, Marwan Awortani, met Lynn Hastings, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Palestine, to report a series violations by the occupation against Palestine’s educational system, in the presence of the Special Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Lucia Elmi. Awortani stressed the importance of concerted international efforts to compel the occupying power regarding the scale of their violations, their continued targeting of children and their destruction of schools especially in the (Area C) territories. In turn, Hastings affirmed the UN entities’ concern towards supporting education in all Palestinian areas, she noted the need to continue efforts in protecting education in the light of all obstacles it faces and the importance of monitoring transgressions through reports and follow-ups through designated authorities. For further details, click here