In the Holy Land: Religion in Public Schools Decreed

2009 August. The Palestine News Network reports that in Gaza, the government is requiring all high school girls to comply with a new dress code requiring that they cover their hair and wear leggings under their dresses. Supporters refer to it as “legitimate Islamic dress”, and as part of the program to “feminize” schools.
The Director of Education called on girls to “wear Islamic dress.” He said it is a decision for the entire school district for the “feminization of schools”, a program that includes ridding all girls’ schools of any male teachers or administrators. "The Muslim society and Islam requires us to differentiate between the brother and sister after the age of seven, let alone in the school,” the Education Director said.
An official at a school in western Gaza City that "Islamic dress is compulsory for all students and must be adhered to and that is what we have asserted this morning, all students will not be allowed as of tomorrow to enter school without a new dress."The measure is being described as a new phases on the road to turning Gaza into its own entity. Critics note the recent decision by the Interior Ministry to impose robes and head scarves on female lawyers while in the court room.
Meanwhile YNET News reports that Israeli Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar responded to fears expressed by the Arab sector regarding his plans to teach Zionist subjects in schools by saying "I have no intention of 'Judaizing' anyone and no one has heard me say I would impose the national anthem on the Arab schools," However he also said "I mean to start a new program in grades 4-9 called Heritage and Israeli Culture, in which students will study the Hebrew calendar, the flag, and the national anthem."