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Monday, September 8, 2025
Palestinian Authority’s school year opens late due to economic crisis
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
The Palestinian Authority’s school year began this morning after a one-week delay due to the late payment of teachers’ salaries.
Like other PA employees, teachers have been receiving their wages late and only partially. After they had gone about five weeks without pay, the PA announced the start of the school year would be postponed, apparently due to teachers’ refusal to open schools.
Yesterday, the PA Finance Ministry announced that June salaries would be paid that same day, leading the Palestinian Teachers’ Union to declare that the school year would start today.
שנת הלימודים בבתי הספר הממשלתיים של הרשות הפלסטינית נפתחה הבוקר באיחור של שבוע. הסיבה? איחור במשכורות. תשלום המשכורות לפקידים, בהם המורים הפלסטינים, הגיע לשפל – במשך חמישה שבועות לא שולמה המשכורת (שמשולמת חודשים אחורה ובאופן חלקי) בגלל שפל כלכלי ברשות – על כך בהמשך. אתמול הודיע… pic.twitter.com/mbqoCcBHQO
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