[independent media
centre]
הפש
English
Hebrew
Arabic

שופיח

םדקתמ שופיח


תא יפיסוה
תמישרל ךלש לאודה
ונלש הצופתה
ךל חלשנ ונאו
.םינוכדע

רמאמ םסרפ
,טסקט חלש
וא לוק ,תונומת
תורישי ואדיו
.השילגה תנכותמ
תושדח
ינכדע רוקיס
.םיעורא לש
קזבמ
יאנותיעה התא
!ךמצע לש
םיעורא ןמוי
האחמ ,םיעורא
תויוליעפו
סקדניא
םירתאל םירושיק
ןאכ
ןאכ תעה בתכ
וידר
טנרטניא וידר
ואדיו
יחרזא ןמוי
םילבכב קבאמ



www.indymedia.org

Projects
climate
print
radio
satellite tv
video

Pacific
adelaide
aotearoa
brisbane
jakarta
melbourne
sydney

Africa
ambazonia
nigeria
south africa

Europe
athens
austria
barcelona
belgium
bristol
cyprus
euskal herria
finland
germany
hungary
ireland
istanbul
italy
lille
madrid
netherlands
nice
norway
paris
poland
portugal
prague
russia
sweden
switzerland
thessaloniki
united kingdom
west vlaanderen

Canada
alberta
hamilton
maritimes
montreal
ontario
ottawa
quebec
thunder bay
vancouver
victoria
windsor

Latin America
argentina
bolivia
brasil
chiapas
chile
colombia
ecuador
mexico
peru
qollasuyu
rosario
tijuana
uruguay

South Asia
india
mumbai

West Asia
israel
palestine

United States
arizona
arkansas
atlanta
austin
baltimore
boston
buffalo
central florida
chicago
cleveland
danbury, ct
dc
eugene
hawaii
houston
idaho
ithaca
la
madison
maine
michigan
milwaukee
minneapolis/st. paul
new jersey
new mexico
north carolina
north texas
ny capital
nyc
philadelphia
pittsburgh
portland
richmond
rochester
rocky mountain
san diego
san francisco bay area
santa cruz, ca
seattle
st louis
tallahassee-red hills
urbana-champaign
utah
vermont
western mass

Process
discussion
fbi/legal updates
indymedia faq
mailing lists
process & imc docs
tech
volunteer

 

 


technlogy by cat@lyst and IMC Geeks

 

 

indymedia news about us

Israel Denies Palestinians Right to Education Latin
by Palestine Media Center - PMC 3:28am Wed Jun 5 '02

"After stopping me at the roadblock, the Israeli soldiers attacked me and brutally beat me, using their gun buts, which were aimed solely at my head", Birzeit Student
print article

June 2, 2002


Dr. Carmela Armanious-Omary, the Vice President for Administrative and Financial Affairs at Birzeit University, expressed her deepest concern and outrage at the illegal Israeli policy of closure of the Ramallah-Birzeit road, which prohibits 5,000 students and 600 staff members from reaching Birzeit University.

In a press conference held at the Palestine Media Center (PMC) in Ramallah today, 2 June, Dr. Omary briefed the press about the daily suffering that students and staff continuously face, while crossing the "Surda" roadblock, leading to the University.

She emphasized that the occupation soldiers have violated all forms of human rights at this roadblock by arbitrarily shooting tear gas, sound bombs, rubber-coated steel bullets, and live ammunition at students and citizens of neighboring villages.

Furthermore, Dr. Omari stressed that these Israeli assaults and humiliations have been systematic, and prove that the Israeli occupation seeks only to totally disrupt the educational process. "By placing this roadblock at Surda, the Israeli occupation authorities aim to totally disrupt the academic process and close Birzeit University, knowing that the university has not formally announced the termination of the ongoing academic semester."

"Israeli occupation authorities alleged that placing this roadblock was for security reasons." Dr. Omari stated. "However, if we look at Surda, we would see that in fact it links Palestinian villages and areas that do not lead to the 'Green Line'", she added, responding to these allegations. Moreover, Dr. Omari reiterated that the closure of this road does not serve any "security" purposes but rather aims to deny access to education and humanitarian relief, humiliate the Palestinian People, and impede their ability to lead a normal life.

Mu'taz Khdeir, a 3rd Year student at Birzeit University, described how the Israeli occupation soldiers at the Surda roadblock physically assaulted him. "After stopping me at the roadblock, the Israeli soldiers attacked me and brutally beat me, using their gun buts, which were aimed solely at my head". Mutaz then added that the occupation soldiers prevented everyone, including medical staff, from reaching him. It was only until an Arab-American, Dr. Ahmad Baker, intervened that he was allowed to be taken to hospital.

Mu'taz stated that, according to the doctors that treated him, he had suffered internal bleeding because of a series of blows to his right temple. He further explained that he was placed in an intensive care unit for a week, after which he was given intensive medication.

Finally, Dr. Carmela emphasized the university's appeal to the international community to end the continuous repressive Israeli policy of closure, to work on ending Israel's violations of human rights, and to support the Palestinians' inalienable right to education.

www.palestine-pmc.com/statments/2002/jun...

add your comments


 

Israeli academia claims to be a beacon of mor Latin
by Iconoclast 8:01am Fri Jun 7 '02

print comment

The Hebrew version of this item contains a comment in English, reporting how Israeli academia deals with the brutal harassment of Birzeit University, which is a prelude to the next Naqba:

http://indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/29035.html

Let's consider the minimal reaction available: Expose Israeli academia for what it really is: a collection of mostly mediocre academics, who are only concerned about the extra salaries that they hope to make on their Sabbaticals abroad, and about how to hide those extra incomes from the Israeli Income Tax authorities. That does not prevent them from being patriotic precisely to the extent needed to appease the ministress of education, whom they pretend they fight.

add your comments


 

(C) Indymedia Israel. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Indymedia Israel.