The impact of war on persons with disabilities is both direct and indirect. The weaponry employed by the occupying forces in their campaign of genocide against the Gaza Strip provides unequivocal evidence of the deliberate infliction of injuries that result in either permanent or temporary disabilities.

This background paper explores the multifaceted challenges facing the education and healthcare systems in Jerusalem, particularly within the Palestinian communities of East Jerusalem, both before and after the outbreak of the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023. It examines the Israeli government’s educational policies, which seek to integrate East Jerusalem schools into the Israeli state framework by promoting the Israeli curriculum.