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Narratives Under Siege, Palestinian Center for Human Rights , 20 May 2008
Collective punishment of a civilian population is illegal under international human rights law; but the fuel crisis imposed by Israel, which is disrupting education in schools across the Gaza Strip, and has hit special needs pupils especially hard, amounts to collective punishment. Schools are struggling to cope with insufficient resources, shortages of electricity, low moral, and a public transport system that simply cannot cope with the overall demand. Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children in Gaza city, is one of the schools which is struggling due to the fuel crisis. 
12 assaults on right to education in month of May
Palestinian Monitoring Group, Negotiations Affairs Department , 14 June 2006
The Israeli army carried out 12 incidents of school disruption throughout the West Bank districts during the month of May.
Israeli Troops Quit Palestinian Schools after Years
Haithem Tamimi, Reuters, 25 June 2005
Israeli soldiers on Saturday left three Palestinian schools in the West Bank town of Hebron that they had used for four years as posts to observe militants. Palestinians walked across broken glass from smashed windows and pushed aside shattered doors as they assessed the damage to the schools, once frequented by more than 2,000 students.
Occupied Campus: The Israeli Military Closure of Hebron University
Research Study, International Palestinian Youth League, 31 December 2003
An in-depth study of the military closure of the two main higher education insitutions in Hebron for 8 months in 2003, Occupied Campus explores the reasons behind the closures, their illegality under international law and the experiences of students and staff in their efforts to continue their education in the most adverse of circumstances. The evidence contained in the study exposes the ways in which the military closures of Hebron University and the Palestine Polytechnic University are part of a wider context and history of calculated attacks against the Palestinian education system.
Hebron University and Palestine Polytechnic University Reopened
Greg Rollins, CPTnet, 16 August 2003
On Friday, August 15, the Israeli Civil Administration (the authority that administers the military Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza) told the presidents of Hebron University and the Palestine Polytechnic University that they could reopen their universities. The Civil Administration forced the two universities to close in January for six months after the Israeli claimed several Palestinians from the universities had carried out attacks against Israel.
Hebron University Students Denied Graduation
Kathy Kamphoefner and Greg Rollins, Christian Peacemaker Team-Hebron, 12 August 2003
The Israeli army denied more than one thousand Hebron University students from graduating today. After a day of negotiation with university officials, the Israeli Central Region Commander of the West Bank ordered the campus closed just before ceremonies were to begin.
Israeli army welds Hebron University gate shut
Report, CPTnet, 10 June 2003
The Israeli military welded shut the main gate of Hebron University at 2:00 AM on June 10, resuming the fifth month of a six-month closure, and declared the area a closed military zone. Soldiers turned away the students at the gate in the morning and fired percussion grenades at them. The military then imposed a strict curfew on the surrounding neighborhood.
Thousands of Palestinian Children Denied Access to Schools
Press Release, UNICEF, 2 October 2002
Right now the Israeli military is preventing thousands of Palestinian children and teachers from attending school. A generation of Palestinian children is being denied their right to an education.
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