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Israel restricting safe access to education for children in the occupied West Bank

Post author:Charlie Jaay
Post published:20 July 2026
Post last modified:20 July 2026

Education is a fundamental human right for everyone, but in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, access to safe and quality education for almost 835,000 school aged children has been undermined, severely threatening their futures. West Bank education restricted Movement restrictions, forced displacement, school demolitions, violence. and harassment by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and Jewish colonial settlers are commonplace. So for many children, accessing education is a daily challenge. This story explores some of these difficulties. Every morning, as the children go to school in the West Bank pic.twitter.com/DOFZ2OHNUr — Johann Spischak (@SDGMasterglass) July 9, 2026 84 schools in the…

Whittome calls for ‘safe and legal’ asylum routes for Sudan and Eritrea

Post author:Grace
Post published:16 July 2026
Post last modified:17 July 2026

On 15 July, Labour MP Nadia Whittome posted an impassioned plea to social media, urging the UK government to establish safe, legal routes for Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to come to the UK. Currently, and in contrast to similarly war-torn Ukraine, no specific refugee initiatives target those fleeing the two countries. Whittome accompanied the post with a video of herself speaking during the second reading of Labour’s Immigration and Asylum Bill. Voting against the racist policy, she argued that the bill would “punish those seeking sanctuary” and “weaken vital protections” for people fleeing persecution. ‘Safe and legal routes’? On 15…