Israeli students support Gaza students right to education
A group of Israeli students currently studying abroad, or who have studied abroad in the past, have mobilized on behalf of Gaza’s students. Would-be university students from Gaza are being prevented by Israel from studying overseas. They are also not being allowed to attend university in the West Bank or Israel. The Israeli students have addressed a letter of protest to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, excerpts from which follow:
“Preventing students from Gaza from departing for academic study will bring about the collapse of Palestinian civil society.”
“As a community of students who employ their freedom of movement, we are appalled by the situation in which the State of Israel is imprisoning Palestinian students in their cities. An all-embracing restriction on the freedom of movement of students from the Gaza Strip constitutes collective punishment of a civilian population, which has nothing whatsoever to do with security considerations. (more…)
1 comment July 18th, 2008 Posted by Ron