JAFFA, Dozens of Palestinian students participated in a sit-in at Tel Aviv University in support of Ahmad Manasra and other minors detained by Israel demanding their release from prison.Manasra was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces seven years …
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US academic body protests Israeli directive denying Palestinians the right to education
WASHINGTON, DC, The largest Middle East academic body in North America Tuesday protested an Israeli directive denying Palestinians the right to education.The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) said that it sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Na…
Read moreAlmost half of the Palestinian society are younger than 18 years of age, says PCBS on Palestinian Child Day
RAMALLAH, The estimated number of children (under 18 years) is expected to be 2.35 million in Palestine by mid-2022, with 1.20 million males and 1.15 million females, representing 43.9% of the total population (41.7% in the West Bank, and 47.3% in Gaza…
Read morePACBI welcomes historic Middle East Studies Association’s endorsement of BDS
RAMALLAH, The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) said today it was profoundly inspired by the historic show of support for Palestinian rights by the Arizona-based the Middle East Studies Association (MESA).The …
Read moreInternational organizations, rights groups, academics call for imposing sanctions on Israel over apartheid policies
GENEVA, Dozens of International organizations, human rights networks, academics, and researchers from 45 countries called on the United Nations and Western countries to impose sanctions on Israel for its occupation of the Palestinian territories and it…
Read moreIn support of Birzeit University, USACBI calls for action to defend the Palestinian people’s right to education
WASHINGTON, In a letter of support for Birzeit University and other Palestinian universities in the occupied West Bank fighting a new repressive Israeli military regulation imposed on them, the Organizing Collective for the US Campaign for the Academic…
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