Gaza students appeal to the world to intervene to save their school year

[ PIC 09/11/2013 – 10:20 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Students in Gaza appealed to the international community to immediately intervene to save their school year that is threatened due to the continued power outages after the shutdown of Gaza’s power plant. The operation of the Gaza power plant was totally stopped due to the lack […]

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Egypt to re-open Rafah crossing for 6 days. (Call for students to contact embassy!)

Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 30/10/2013 02:37 (MaanImages) CAIRO (Ma’an) – The Egyptian authorities will open the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip from Saturday until Thursday, a Palestinian official said. Ambassador to Cairo Barakat al-Farra said in a statement Tuesday that the agreement was reached with the Egyptian authorities to open the […]

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PHOTOS | Students storm Gaza’s Rafah crossing gate

Students storm Gaza’s Rafah crossing gate The students were infuriated over the seemingly endless hours of waiting due to the frequent closure of the terminal by Egyptian authorities. Please click or photo gallery. World Bulletin / News Desk | 29 September 2013 Sunday Hundreds of angry Palestinian students who have been stranded for days at […]

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Political Arrests: PA security kidnap three senior Hamas students outside Khadouri university

[ PIC 29/09/2013 – 11:05 AM ] TULKAREM, (PIC)– The Palestinian authority (PA) preventive security forces kidnapped on Saturday three senior members of the Islamic bloc, the student wing of Hamas, outside Khadouri university in Tulkarem. A source from the Islamic bloc told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the PA preventive security forces ambushed […]

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“The Epic Struggle of a Trapped Student” ~ by Fidaa Abuassi

19 Sep 2013 | Fida Abuassi.com | by Fidaa Abuassi Last night, I had a dream that I was running, running and running, and I kept running till I glanced an emergency exit. Though I cannot remember whether I made my way out, I woke up feeling breathless. Strangled. Suffocated. I cannot even find a […]

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Gaza students stage sit-in at Rafah crossing | #OpenRafahBorder Now!

[ PIC 16/09/2013 – 04:07 PM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– Dozens of Gaza students staged a sit-in at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Monday demanding opening the terminal in order to allow them to join their universities. The Egyptian authorities have been closing the Rafah border terminal since last Wednesday, which exacerbated the suffering […]

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Israeli occupation soldiers clash with Abu Dis students

[ PIC 04/09/2013 – 10:57 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas canisters at Palestinian students in Abu Dis schools and university in occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday. Local sources said that violent clashes took place between the IOF soldiers and the students, who were protesting the Jewish settlers’ storming of the […]

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Hunger-striking student of Bir Zeit University admitted to hospital

Al Ray Agencies | Aug 20, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Member of the Islamic Bloc Omar Qurut was transferred to Ramallah ‎hospital as his health deteriorated due to being on hunger strike for 9 consecutive days to ‎protest the continued political detention of the bloc students at Bir Zeit University.‎ Representative of the Islamic Bloc, […]

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Howto lie yourself into a scholarship – Hasbara Style!

Aug 15, 2013 | by @occpal While one must never lie on an application form,  Israel is now luring students with grants for it’s renewed hasbara (propaganda) campaign. Again. Instantly pops up the question…..: What the heck happened to the 1.6 Million USD they pumped in in 2011 to create the new media warriors??? Who […]

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Students stage vigil to condemn arrest of journalist Yousef Shalabi

[ PIC 24/07/2013 – 04:22 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Dozens of students from the Arab American University in Jenin participated in a vigil on Tuesday to protest the arrest of journalist Yousef Abdul Latif Shalabi, aged 23, by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF). Students and a number of university lecturers took part in the vigil […]

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Israeli forces storm school near Nablus using military mission as pretext

Al Ray | July 24, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Palestinian official sources reported that Israeli forces stormed on Tuesday one of the schools near Nablus in the northern West Bank and took over one of the classrooms, on the pretext of having a military mission. Ministry of Education in Ramallah said in a statement that […]

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PA security arrest 7 Hamas-affiliates

[ PIC 04/06/2013 – 09:47 PM ] WEST BANK, GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian Authority security apparatuses arrested 7 members of Hamas, and summoned a university student and a liberated prisoner to their headquarters for interrogation. In the city of Tulkarem, the General Intelligence Service arrested two liberated prisoners after summoning them for interrogation, while the […]

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To keep ‘in shape’? Zionist soldiers manning roadblock try to storm school buses

[ PIC 25/04/2013 – 11:52 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli soldiers manning the Shufat roadblock tried to storm Palestinian school buses on Wednesday but the drivers refused to allow them. Eyewitnesses said that the soldiers were attempting to arrest a number of students, adding that the soldiers delayed the buses for more than an […]

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Shocking official statistics offer revealing glimpse of Palestinian life

MEMO | April 5, 2013 A report from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) has shown that around half of the Palestinian population is under 18 years old, equating to 2.04 million young people. The total population in the occupied Palestinian territories in 2012 was 4.29 million.PCBS Director Ola Awad said that the results […]

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Aqsa mosque students’ detention extended

[ PIC 01/04/2013 – 08:33 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli forces extended the detention of two Palestinian students of al-Aqsa mosque for 4 days on charges of Takbeer at al-Aqsa and assaulting a policeman after a long hearing at the Israeli Magistrate’s Court, al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage stated. The detainees’ lawyer […]

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