background information
Background information on the history of education in Palestine, the threats it faces as well as an overview of what we as academics can do to make a difference.
News
Source: Oromiya321 (2013), Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
Week of action - Right to education campaign
23 - 30 November 2024
United Against Scholasticide is the latest and urgent call of the Right to Education Campaign, launched by Birzeit University in coordination with other Palestinian universities. The campaign highlights the issues that Palestinian education is confronted with under Israel's military occupation and stands up for Palestinian educational rights and against the ongoing scholasticide. During Nov. 23-30, 2024, it invites us to join a week of action.
Find more about this campaign as well as donation options to support education in Gaza and events taking place in the Netherlands this week via the following link.
statements
Open letter by Gaza academics and university administrators to the world - 29th of May 2024
“We call on our supporters to help us resist the Israeli campaign of scholasticide and rebuild our universities.”
Read the full text with Dutch translation via the following link.
Higher Education Priorities for Universities in Gaza
The Emergency Committee for Universities in Gaza has been established to respond to the urgent call from Gaza academics to coordinate international assistance in order to reopen universities in Gaza at the earliest date. Read their full statement in English and Dutch via the following link.
Background information
HOW ISRAELI UNIVERSITIES DENY PALESTINIAN FREEDOM - AND WHAT DUTCH UNIVERSITIES SHOULD DO
Maya Wind’s 2024 book is the latest and possibly the most comprehensive account of Israeli universities’ complicity with the Israeli government’s systematic violations of international law. Wind’s analysis documents the multiple forms this complicity takes. This factsheet gives an overview and also underscores concrete actions Dutch universities should take.
Read the factsheet in Dutch and English via the following link.