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Video: Message from Birzeit students to Italy

Birzeit students say thank-you to Italy for setting up an Italian 'arm' of the Right to Education Campaign, Birzeit University. They have set up a website www.birzeit-it.tk and are touring the photo exhibition 'Students Under Occupation: Take a Stand!' in six Italian cities: Venice, Brescia, Varese, Empoli, Florence and Biella.

Video: Story of Gaza Student

This short film reveals the struggle for Gazans to attend universities inside their own country, Palestine (oPts). Israel does not give permits for ANY Gazan to study in the West Bank. This is the story of one 'lucky' student who is still in the WB, and he tells us how he feels. 'LUCKY AHMAD' is a project by the Right to Education Campaign, Birzeit University.

Israeli Army Enters Birzeit University and Shoots Student in the Back

On the 22 May, the Israeli army entered the Birzeit University campus and shot at students who were throwing stones, clearly interfering with and obstructing their right to education.

Flying checkpoint in Surda, again

On Thursday, 18 May 2006, many flying checkpoints appeared on Palestinian land, again. Surda checkpoint, between Birzeit and Ramallah was one of them.

Birzeit Student Elections: Israeli soldiers 'come to visit'

Wednesday was the day of the student election in Birzeit University . As last year, the Israeli occupation forces came to visit. 6 military-jeeps stopped outside the entrance to the university. Students begun throwing stones and soldiers started shooting rubber-coated bullets and teargas, for about 15 minutes. A student got shot in his arm; he fell and broke his foot. A few got slightly injured. Apparently, this visit is nothing more than to provoke a reaction from the students.

Israeli Army Shoots Live Ammunition at Students in Birzeit University

As students in Birzeit University walked around the campus on the day of elections for their Student Council, 7 Israeli jeeps approach the campus and fire gas and live ammunition at hundreds of students as they were peacefully excercising their democratic right to collective representation at the University.

Photostory: Students on Palestinians' Right to Education

As well as capturing the major obstacles to pursuing an education in occupied Palestine –- obstacles which include the routine harassment and arrest of students by Israeli soldiers and the daily struggle to reach school and university under a regime of military checkpoints -- the photographs in this exhibition and book touch on themes as diverse as isolation, poverty, resistance, absent classmates, military barriers, student prisoners and determination. The following are selected photographs and artist's statements from the exhibition.


Right to Education Campaign Poster - NEW!

Poster for the Right to Education Campaign. "Students Under Occupation - Take a Stand". Please feel free to download.



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