The Minister of Education and Higher Education, Sabri Sidem The violations of the Israeli occupation and the attacks on the education sector in Palestine over the past year and until now, the most recent this morning; the destruction of a building under construction following the school in Al-Razi camp Shuafat under the pretext of proliferation to the annexation wall and expansion, On the educational process.
This came during a press conference held by Siddam today, in the presence of the family of the Ministry and a number of representatives of local and international partner institutions, the diplomatic corps, the advocates of the education sector and a mass of media professionals.
"Today we highlight the violations of the occupation against education, which are included in the annual report issued by the ministry every new year; there are violations directed directly towards our schools, which are on a permanent date with the attacks of the occupation army and the settlers. "
He added: "The educational family has come to terms with crimes and violations committed against humanity, crimes against universities, schools and educational institutions, in flagrant violation of all international norms and conventions that guarantee the protection of educational and academic institutions and criminalize the violation of their sanctity. "
He pointed out that 22,250 students and 1456 teachers have been subjected to repeated attacks by the occupation army and extremist settlers. They varied between the rise of students of martyrs and the fall of wounded in their rankings, the arrest and imposition of house arrest on some of them, delays at checkpoints and denial of safe access to schools through Closure of checkpoints and gates, "We have students in detention camps, including general secondary students. "
He added that 47 martyrs (6 in the West Bank and 41 in the Gaza Strip) were students last year. Two teachers were killed from Gaza. 3191 students were injured, including 17 amputations in the Gaza Strip, and 106 teachers and administrators.
He pointed out that the number of arrested students reached (299), 30 teachers and staff from all directorates (30), noting that the annual violations report showed that 97 schools were attacked by the occupation (87 schools in the West Bank and 10 in Gaza) Between artillery and air raids, storming and firing live and rubber bullets, and tear gas and sound bombs, causing physical losses, disrupting all or part of the work, issuing school notices, and house arrest of dozens of Jerusalem students through the current academic year.
The Minister of Education said that the violations of the occupation led to the loss of about 8669 educational shares, in addition to the delivery of 22 notices, ranging from demolition, construction, demolition orders and demolition of building.
He added: "Our schools, which bear the name of the challenge and which we praise in the areas targeted by the occupation, are also a daily target of occupation, in addition to the crimes committed by the ugly days ago against the school (Al -Thima 13) in the south of Hebron, which reveals the ugliness of this occupier. "
"There are also the schools of Al-Laban-Al-Sawiya, which face almost daily violations by the occupation army and settlers, as well as the schools of Jerusalem and the Old City of Hebron. all components of the educational process, Whose schools and educational institutions suffer from an unjust grip as a result of the occupation.
The minister said: "Yesterday we were present and witnesses on a series of repeated episodes daily; there is in the old town of Hebron, specifically in the mixed school of Cordoba, and you can not imagine the extent of the horror of our children and our students and teachers and teachers, there on the barriers of occupation absurd in repressive practices unfair.
"We are not aware of the reality of the challenges facing the education sector in the holy city, especially the fierce attack launched by the occupation against our national curriculum and stigmatization of them. These violations are part of the constant attempts to control the collective consciousness , The generations of Jerusalem emerging from its history, culture and values, through campaigns aimed at the curriculum aimed at distorting and distorting and preventing the introduction of books to schools with the beginning of each new academic year.
He called for an end to all violations and practices of serious occupation against education in Jerusalem, the immediate and immediate release of students from the public and higher education sectors, and the provision of international protection for education and its institutions, especially in the targeted areas .
The Minister called for a firm, firm and unequivocal international stance on the violations of the occupation against educational institutions and the intensification of campaigns of pressure, advocacy and support for education, especially in areas C, Jerusalem and the Old City of Hebron and the Gaza Strip, and pressuring the Israeli authorities to issue building permits for schools in areas called "C", and provide various infrastructure services.
He called for continued efforts to expose the violations of education in Jerusalem, especially under the rubric of the Palestinian curriculum and the pressure on the occupation authorities to allow the entry of materials and supplies for the construction of schools in the Gaza Strip.
