Arab students on the first day of school at the Mekif highschool in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Gosh. Schools all over Israel began their first day of the academic school year today. August 27, 2013. (Photo by Isaac Harari/FLASH90) » Arab students on the first day of school at the Mekif highschool in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Gosh. Schools all over Israel began their first day of the academic school year today. August 27, 2013. (Photo by Isaac Harari/FLASH90)