Urgent call by Palestinian academics in Britain on universities & international organisations to ensure they are not complicit in Israel’s campaign to eliminate future independent Palestinian educational life in Gaza.

Palestinian academics in the UK urgently call for solidarity in defence of Gaza universities. UK universities & international organisations must support rebuilding #GazaUniversities .

'Our duty of solidarity demands that we ensure the fate of higher education in Gaza will remain in the hands of the faculty, staff, and students of the Palestinian universities in Gaza; that the institutions created by Palestinians are not destroyed, but instead are rebuilt.'

📣Call from Palestinian academics in the UK to defend Gaza universities and public commitments from UK universities and international organisations to support their rebuilding. 🎓🇵🇸

Since 7 October, all 12 of Gaza’s universities have been destroyed by Israeli strikes. The destruction of places of learning has been cited as evidence in South Africa’s case to the ICJ that Israel is committing acts of genocide.

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With more than 80 per cent of schools destroyed or damaged, 625,000 students without any ability to study, and no possibility to pursue higher education as all universities have been destroyed. This is Gaza after 6+ months of genocidal violence, and the long-term impact is…

UN experts condemn callous #Israeli attacks on educational infrastructure, cultural heritage sites and libraries in #Gaza . “The foundations of Palestinian society are being reduced to rubble, their history is being erased.”

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Gaza’s universities embodied the ambitions of young Palestinians.

In weeks, the Israeli military destroyed them.
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The World Academic Forum for Palestine

Day 2, livestream link

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“Targeted attacks have killed many academics in Gaza, especially those with advanced degrees. Three university presidents have been targeted since October 7, along with more than 95 university deans and professors, Euro-Med found.”

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📣 Application deadline extended!

We are pleased to announce a call for applications for travel fellowships for the second Fobzu Palestine-UK Academic Links Seminar (PALS) programme, taking place in June 2024.

Click here to apply: docs.google.com/file/d/1XIFoV0…

Deadline: 5th April 24

Dr. Hamdi Baroud, a prominent law professor and former Dean at Al-Azhar University's Faculty of Law, was detained by Israeli forces on 27 January. His body was discovered this week, bearing bullet wounds.

Israel's relentless assault on Palestinian education continues.

@MESA1966 Board of Directors Joint Statement with CAF regarding the ongoing genocidal violence against the Palestinian people and their cultural heritage in Gaza:

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“We stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza and its students and researchers experiencing this attack on their basic rights to survival.”

More than 180 prominent UK academics speak out against attacks on Palestinian higher education.

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On International Women's Day, we honour the many Palestinian women students and educators who continue to educate the world in courage, hope and determination. #IWD

📣 Applications open!

We are pleased to announce a call for applications for travel fellowships for the second Fobzu Palestine-UK Academic Links Seminar (PALS) programme, taking place in June 2024.

Click here to apply: docs.google.com/document/d/1XI…

Deadline to apply: 17th March 2024

Read our new briefing on the war on Gaza and Israel’s detention and imprisonment of Palestinian students and academics.

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📣Earlier today another undercover Israeli military raid on Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank. The President of the student council, Saleh Hasan and another council member, Amer Zalloum were arrested. Today, no Palestinian campus is safe.

The Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at the Islamic University of Gaza, Professor Nasser Abu Al-Nour & 7 members of his family were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting his home in Rafah.

137 days into Israel’s war on Gaza, the targeting of Palestinian academics continues.