Ramallah- Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah issued a statement today congratulating Palestinian teacher Hanan al-Hroub for winning the Global Teacher Prize.

"Teacher Hanan al-Hroub accomplished the impossible despite of all the obstacles put in front of every Palestinian by the Israeli occupation; she makes us proud," declared PM Hamdallah.

Hanan Al-Hroub was selected winner of the Valley Park Foundation’s Global Teacher’s Prize for 2016, out of about 8,000 contestants from around the globe. She grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp and now is a teacher of refugees herself. Her teaching method focuses on non-violence by “teaching through playing” and includes counseling for students struggling with behavioral problems due to the violence they are subjected to by the Israeli occupation.

Ms Al Hroub told the audience that "teachers could change the world".