Israel Expels Gaza Student Studying in West Bank

The data are many: in December 2007, the president of the directory of students at Birzeit University was arrested for a year for belonging to the student organization. At least 21 other students are in the same condition. At least 30% of the students of this university have beensubjected to arbitrary questioning. At the same institution in 2006-2007, 13 students were denied entry to take courses on language and Arab culture. In 2008, eight students were prevented from carrying out the same courses and, in the academic year 2008-2009, two other students were denied visas.

Israel considers it a security priority to hinder the political and social maturation of the Palestinian population and to prevent the inheritance of their cultural values.

These measures are aimed at attacking Israeli history and Arab-Palestinian identity to prevent the development of its human capital and keep them in the current condition of underdevelopment, denying the fundamental right of access to education of entire generations. The attempt to curtail social and cultural rights makes an immediate impact on the possibilities of economic and political sovereignty of a nation. Very simply, the practice is an Israeli attempt to destroy an entire society in order for it to be exterminated (final solution).

Note

(1) In English, "Palestinian education and propaganda are more dangerous to Israel than Palestinian weapons." The news was released on 18 November 2004 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel on charges that the Palestinian educational texts are condoning terrorism.

References

BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY. R2E fact sheet. RIGHT TO EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. April 30, 2009. Available at <http://right2edu.birzeit.edu/news/article495>. Accessed 09/12/2009.

GISHA: Legal Center for Freedom of Movement. Israel's High Court Decides: Berlanty Azzam Not Allowed to Finish Her BA at Bethlehem University . 09/12/2009. Available at <http://www.gisha.org/index.php?intLanguage=2&intItemId=1651&intSiteSN=113>. Accessed 09/12/2009.

HAMMOND, Keith. Palestinian Universities and the Israeli Occupation. 2006. Text provided by the author.

HASS, Amira. High Court: Gaza student cannot complete studies in West Bank. Haaretz . High Court: 09/12/2009. Available at <http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1133926.html>. Accessed 09/12/2009.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PM Sharon: Palestinian education and propaganda are more dangerous to Israel than their weapons . Press Release - Embassy of Israel in London. Available at <http://london.mfa.gov.il/mfm/Data/66887.doc>. Accessed 09/12/2009.

Vinicius Miguel Valentin Raduan is Social Scientist at the Federal University of Pernambuco and Master in Political Science from the University of Glasgow, a translator of the Marxists Internet Archive.

Translated from the Portuguese version by:

Lisa KARPOVA

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