Israel’s Public Security Minister has banned the PA from distributing scholarships to Israeli Arab students. The students will receive the same scholarships, but the money will be routed through an Israeli Arab charity.
The PA Ministry of Education openly checks East Jerusalem students’ exam papers, even though Israel funds schools there.
This week, Palestinian officials met Norwegian diplomats in an official ceremony in East Jerusalem.
The Israeli government has de facto accepted Palestinian sovereignty over East Jerusalem, but wrongly resists Palestinian control over Israeli Arabs. That way, Israel will abandon East Jerusalem but accept the Arabs. It is far better to show on every occasion that Israeli Arabs fully belong to Palestine.
