Ben White writes:
I’ve received an update from Gisha, the legal centre representing Bethlehem University student Berlanty Azzam [pictured] who Israel expelled last month from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. The court delayed proceedings once again to December 6th (remembering that Berlanty was initially taken by Israeli forces almost 5 weeks ago). Here’s Gisha spokesperson Keren Tamir:
"We are disappointed in the ongoing delay – while the semester melts away without Berlanty being permitted to attend her classes. This case raises questions as to why Israel insists on trying to prevent talented Palestinian students like Berlanty from accessing higher education – even when Israel itself makes no allegation of a security threat.
"I’m also attaching an affidavit [sorry, editor at Mondo cant upload] submitted today to the court from the Ambassador of the Vatican in Israel in which he makes a commitment by the Vatican that, if ordered by the court to do so, Berlanty would agree to go back to Gaza after the completion of her studies. Even this commitment didn’t help to persuade the State and the Court to let her travel."
Related posts:
- International reputation be damned: Israel continues to block humanitarian aid from entering Gaza and refuses to cooperate in UN war crimes investigation
- 838 Gaza students are barred from study– and the NYT publishes tunnel capers
- Tennis, and Alice Walker. Gaza continues to undermine the world’s opinion of Israel
- Israel Blocks Hundreds of Gazans from Pursuing Graduate Study
- List of goods Israel is blocking from Gaza continues to grow; now includes toilet paper, soap and toothpaste
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The only point for Israel is having one less Arab in the Land of Israel.
Yes, potsherd, but the most important thing is to prevent this generation of Palestinians from having acccess to higher education, and providing eyewitness accounts of their experiences under genocidal apartheid. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/world/middleeast/30gaza.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=palestinian+scholarship+students+israel&st=nyt
Thats funny, you know that institutes of higher education were only allowed in the OT after Israel took control of them from Egypt and Jordan, right?
Of course they were built for Jewish settlers by Israel, but hey, lets not nitpick here.
What’s the bet that Israel will bomb those schools Yonira. They could be storehouses for Hamas weapons and you can never be too careful.
Nothing funny about it, yonira. It’s another form of collective punishment routinely practiced by the IDF. From the above-referenced NYT article in May 2008:
Considering that Muslims invented the university well over 1,000 years ago, the irony is not lost.
Funny, it doesn’t seem Witty has a comment on this article. Fancy that. I guess Mr. Center of Attention is off looking for those WMDs in Iraq — er, Iran, sorry.
ahhh that joke never gets old. i am laughing so hard i just pissed myself…..
You were going to do that anyway. Don’t flatter me.
Boo-yah, Chaos!
good point Chaos
Icontinence isn’t usually something people brag avout Yonira.
Witty’s not the only one confused:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM7Xhg0WIbU
If I wasn’t laughing, I’d be crying.
a blockade here, a blockade their…. who’s counting? israel wants us to know how many well educated citizens it has… actions like this suggest none of them are holding office or having any say over the jim crow direction of their country…
And what a pitty that the educated Isrealis are leaving the country to get a job in Western countries?
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