Palestinian private schools, including Christian schools, in occupied East Jerusalem began a strike on Tuesday at the start of the new academic year in protest against Israeli restrictions preventing teachers and administrative staff from entering the city.
Private school administrators announced on Monday that classes would be suspended from Tuesday until further notice after Israeli authorities failed to renew entry permits for a large number of teachers and staff from the occupied West Bank.
They said classes would resume once Israeli authorities renew permits for all affected teachers and employees.
Christian schools in East Jerusalem separately announced the suspension of classes from Tuesday, saying Israel had failed to renew entry permits for more than 70 teachers and employees from the occupied West Bank, preventing them from reaching their schools.
Israel requires Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank to obtain special permits to enter occupied East Jerusalem, including for work, education, medical treatment and worship.