The "Unified Teachers' Movement" announced on Monday evening the resumption of the strike again, due to what the movement indicated was the government's failure to fulfill its obligations towards teachers, and the non-disbursement of what was deducted during the 80-day strike.

In a statement, the "Teachers' Movement" confirmed the resumption of the strike from the morning queue, with proof of presence, a fingerprint/signature, and leaving at any time the teacher wants for all stages except for the Tawjihi, where dealing with the Tawjihi is limited to giving class lessons only.

Al-Hirak called for a boycott of the general secondary exams (Tawjihi) in terms of monitoring and correction in the event that the demands were not met before the start of the exams, and a boycott of all training courses and office and administrative work issued by the Ministry of Education, including penalties and the (Eschool) program.

And the "teachers' movement" announced the cancellation of accepting the initiative of the Central Committee represented by Lieutenant General Jibril Rajoub, and returning to square one. While Al-Hirak indicated that it provided an opportunity for the initiative of the Central Committee represented by Lieutenant General Jibril Rajoub, which failed before its implementation began.

The "teachers' movement" called on all government sectors, parents, clan notables, and all the Palestinian people to the central sit-in in front of the Muqata'a in Ramallah, next Thursday corresponding to 11/5/2023, at 11:00 a.m., to demand the full payment of the salary, and to appeal to the President To provide protection for the government sector from the great risk of leakage resulting from the policy of deduction from salaries, and its inadequacy in the first place, as the most recent of which was the submission of some teachers of their resignation as a result of the irregularity of the salary and the disparity in the percentages of its disbursement and deduction from it.

The movement called for not dealing with the General Union of Teachers, and not affiliating with it in any way until it is democratized in a way that guarantees teachers the freedom to run and vote for all levels and formations.

The movement emphasized the continuation of protest activities until legitimate demands are met. By democratizing the union with clear texts that do not accept interpretation and interpretation, and guaranteeing every teacher who is at work the freedom to run and vote for all formations of the union, cancel all financial and administrative penalties, return the deductions deducted from teachers’ salaries, and pledge not to prejudice any male or female teacher on the background of the strike and past and current activities.

Likewise, the payment of the 5% bonus previously agreed upon with its retroactive effect from the date of 1/1/2023, with the remaining 10% fixed on the salary slip by a legal text binding on the government to disburse it before the end of this year, and calculating the years of contracts for purposes of retirement and grades for male and female teachers who were employed in 2016 to date.

The "Hirak" called on honorable parents not to send their children to schools until the teacher obtains his rights, and for the students not to go to schools if they were asked to do so, and the "Hirak" said: "We will not give one class (except for the Tawjihi) without fulfilling the legitimate demands," as he pointed out. Al-Hirak” indicated that the elected Democratic Teachers Union will ensure the fulfillment of the rest of the teachers’ demands, as it will receive them from the Al-Hirak when it is formed.

On the 26th of last month, the "teachers' movement" announced the freezing of the strike until the tenth of next September, and the return to regular working hours in schools in the West Bank, after assurances it received about compliance with the signed agreements, and setting a time limit for the payment of the financial bonus dues that it demands. .

The demands were met by the initiative of the Central Committee of the (Fatah) movement, represented by the Secretary of the Committee, Lieutenant General Jibril Rajoub, with the same specifications requested by the “movement” after the movement’s amendments to it by adding a time limit to it, and ensuring that no male or female teacher is subjected to any future sanctions against the backdrop of this round of strike and activities. And canceling all penalties and deductions issued against teachers who practiced activities in this human rights tour immediately.

The teachers are calling for the implementation of an agreement concluded, in May 2022, between the government, the General Union of Teachers and the "teachers' movement", sponsored by many institutions and personalities, and the strike stopped after that, but the protests and strikes have returned since February 5, 2023, to demand the implementation of that initiative. It stopped on the twenty-sixth of last month.

The agreement included 5 clauses: returning discounts to teachers, professionalizing education, issuing a teacher protection law, working to “democratize the union”, and depositing a 15% bonus for the nature of work on the salary slip, starting from the first month of the new year 2023.