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"Pioneers of Hope", an educational initiative in a displacement camp in Deir Al-Balah. (Ruwaida Amer)

For Gaza’s schoolchildren, another year of destruction, loss, and uncertainty

Makeshift schools in tent camps have served thousands of Palestinian children. But can they survive the approaching winter and Israel’s intensifying assaults?

By Ruwaida Kamal Amer and Ibtisam Mahdi October 24, 2024

University of Haifa (Wikimedia Commons)

How Haifa University’s Students’ Union conspired against Palestinians

Palestinian students arrived at the union’s office to submit their candidacy for elections. The administration slammed the door in their faces.

By Baker Zoubi September 13, 2024

A Palestinian woman sits in front of the damaged entrance to Al-Aqsa University in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

The decimation of Gaza’s academia is ‘impossible to quantify’

With thousands of faculty and students likely killed and campuses destroyed, Palestinian universities in the Strip are barely surviving Israel’s scholasticide.

By Ibtisam Mahdi July 26, 2024

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Students outside the Faculty of Humanities at Tel Aviv University on the first day of the new academic year, October 10, 2021. (Flash90)

‘It’ll turn campus into an army base’: Tel Aviv University to host soldiers’ program

A collaboration between the Israeli army and TAU has drawn backlash from faculty and Palestinian students decrying the militarization of academia.

By Meron Rapoport October 4, 2023

Israeli police officers arrest a Palestinian student ahead of a Nakba Day event at Tel Aviv University, May 15, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

On Israeli campuses, Palestinian student activists fear for their safety

A spike in harassment and arrests of Palestinian organizers shows that Israeli universities are far from the liberal bastions they profess to be.

By Maiyse Abuleil June 15, 2022

Palestinian student supporters of the Hamas movement wave the movement's flag during a rally at Birzeit University, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 19, 2022. (Flash90)

Hamas’ landslide student election win marks major shift in Palestinian politics

The Islamist movement's stunning victory in Birzeit University’s student union vote reflects growing discontent with the West Bank's ruling Fatah party.

By Basel Adra May 31, 2022

Palestinian students arriving from Ukraine on a rescue flight are welcomed by their families at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, March 1, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Who is protecting the Palestinians fleeing Ukraine?

Governments are invoking 'diplomatic protection' to help their citizens at Ukraine's borders. But occupied Palestinians are falling through the cracks.

By Itamar Mann March 9, 2022

Birzeit University students involved with various political movements during a strike against the university administration's disciplinary measures against a Hamas-affiliated group on campus, February 2022. (Basil al-Adraa).

At Birzeit, a student strike rallies Palestinians of all stripes

Palestinian students across the political spectrum picketed classes for a month after Birzeit University tried to constrain a Hamas-affiliated group on campus.

By Basel Adra March 7, 2022

Members and supporters of NYU Students for Justice in Palestine rally in Washington Square Park to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Nakba, adjacent to a gathering by the pro-Israel group CAMERA on Campus. May 12, 2016. (Joe Catron/(CC BY-NC 2.0)

Florida university accused of fostering anti-Palestinian racism

In first case of its kind, Palestinian student files civil rights complaint against Florida State University for discrimination based on his national origin.

By Alex Kane April 19, 2021

Palestinian students attend their graduation ceremony at the Birzeit University near the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 16, 2013. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

In its war on Palestinian students, Israel deems book fairs and falafel sales a crime

From campus raids to dubious indictments, Israel's persecution of Palestinian students aims to suppress political activism in West Bank universities.

By Anat Matar February 3, 2021

Illustrative photo of Israeli soldiers arresting a Palestinian man in the West Bank, on December 8, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israel is turning Palestinian students into criminals

Israeli authorities have arrested at least 64 Palestinian university students since the start of 2019. That number is only growing.

By Jaclynn Ashly October 31, 2019

Palestinians wait to pass through the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, December 18, 2013. Damage to the border wall and crossing terminal caused by winter storms led to longer delays than usual as Israeli officials failed to establish efficient alternatives to process the few Palestinians permitted to enter Israel from Gaza. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

On second thought, no: Gaza students denied exit permits

The ease with which Israel can give and take away, allow and deny, isn’t just disturbing and depressing, it’s also further proof, in case anyone needed any, that Israel’s control over daily life in Gaza is immense. By Amir Rotem Early last week, the Palestinian media reported that the Palestinian Civil Affairs Committee had reached…

By +972 Magazine February 24, 2015

Palestinian school students stand in a destroyed classroom in the damaged Sobhi Abu Karsh Basic school in a destroyed quarter of the Shujayea neighborood, Gaza city, September 15, 2014. The school year has started with a three-week delay, due to the latest Israeli offensive during which 29 schools have been totally destroyed, and around 190 damaged. The first weeks are dedicated to recreational activities to help children to overcome the trauma due the the seven-week Israeli military offensive. 2,131 Palestinians were killed, including 501 children, and an estimated 18,000 housing units have been either destroyed or severely damaged, leaving more than 108,000 people homeless.

PHOTOS: Amid rubble and trauma, Gaza goes back to school

With displaced families still living in some schools, and despite severe damage to classrooms, Gaza’s children return to school after a summer of Israeli bombardment. Photos by: Anne Paq and Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org Text by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler Despite damaged classrooms and destroyed schools, Gaza’s school year began this week after delays due to the recent…

By Activestills September 18, 2014