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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

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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

Palestinian teenagers new years resolutions (photo: Mya Guarnieri)

What do Palestinian teenagers wish for in 2013?

New Year’s resolutions offer us a glimpse into the hopes of the children who live under Israeli occupation. A colleague of mine, a fellow journalist and writer, teaches English to Palestinian children in Hebron. I visited her recently in the West Bank and she generously shared her teenage students’ New Year’s resolutions. They are published…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat February 14, 2013

Israeli policemen outside the Palestinian boys school in East Jerusalem (Photo: Eyad Abu Sarah)

Israeli police shut down, attempt to raid Palestinian school in East Jerusalem

Israel Police yesterday shut down a Palestinian school in East Jerusalem for a period of a week. The school has over 1,200 students between the ages of 12 and 18 years old. The police justified their actions to the students and teachers by voicing suspicion that stones were thrown at settlers by students from the…

By Aziz Abu Sarah October 5, 2012