Birzeit University is a leading Palestinian higher education institution that works to advance science and humanities for the benefit of all communities
Amidst the genocide and educide and in coordination with Gaza’s Universities.
#BZU
is launching a campaign to ensure that
#Gaza
students can continue their studies remotely and their resilience is strengthened.
@DrHananAshrawi
@hzomlot
@tshahwan10
The Israeli occupation destroys the central archive of
#Gaza
municipality, executing thousands of historical documents, and deliberately razing all life forms; erasing the city and its
#history
. It is worth noting that the archive holds
#documents
more than a hundred years old.
Birzeit University condemns the brutal assault and bombing of
@Al
-Israa University campus by the Israeli occupation south of
#Gaza
city, this occurred after seventy days of the occupation occupying the campus; turning it into their base, and military barracks for their forces
The attack wasn't only on the campus, but it was also against the national museum established by the university, containing more than 3 thousand rare artifacts which the Israeli occupation stole, and then bombed the museum to cover up for the crime.
Birzeit University reaffirms the fact that this crime is part of the Israeli occupation's onslaught against the Palestinians. It's all a part of the Israeli occupation's goal to make Gaza uninhabitable; a continuation of the genocide being carried out in Gaza Strip.
Birzeit University mourns the death of the dear students Thafer and Jawad Abdul Rahman Rimawi who were murdered by the Israeli occupation this morning in Kufr Ein.
The Israeli occupation bombs and destroys Al-Azhar University in Al-Mughraqa in Gaza, continuing its war crimes against humanity.
The Israeli occupation's hatred targets everything in Gaza; school, universities, hospitals, churches, mosques, and organizations all being bombed.
On Feb. 11 of every year, the world celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, with the slogan of " The woman in scientific leadership: a new generation of longevity". From Birzeit University, we would like to salute the female scientists. (1)
"If I must die, you must live, to tell my story..
If I must die,Let it bring hope! Let it be a tale!"
The words of the martyr Refaat Alareer written on wall of a shelter center for the displaced people in the City of
#Rafah
.
A salute from
#Birzeit_University
to all the students leading the unprecedented movement in the US universities that call for the end of the
#genocide
in
#Gaza
commited by the the Western-backed Israeli occupation.
Birzeit University
#denounces
the Israeli occupation’s
#raid
on the university campus and arrest of students this morning. A large number of
#Israeli
forces raided the university campus,
#arrested
students and attacked the university property. 1/2
We express our grave concern over and denunciation of the raid on Birzeit University main campus by Israeli occupation forces in the early morning. These attacks are direct violations of international laws that forbid any violation against the
#right_of_education
@Right2Edu
This is Al-Aqsa University campus in Khan Younis before the start of the Israeli assault on Gaza, and as the assault intensified, the university opened its doors for the refugees from the north and centre.1/3
Fadi Washaha, who studied at Birzeit University, was shot by the Israeli occupation during a peaceful protest against the recent attack on Gaza.
He passed away today, June 2, 2021.
The memory of Fadi, and all who gave their lives for a free Palestine, lives on in our hearts.
Since the start of the 2021-2022 academic year a week ago, six
#BZU
students were arrested by the Israeli occupation. More than 70 students are currently detained in Israeli prisons under difficult, harsh conditions.
#Free_our_students
@Right2Edu
This is a clear violation of all internationally upheld principles and conventions that forbid violating the sanctity of university campuses and
#educational
institutions. Birzeit University will follow up with the
#detained
students through its lawyer and legal institutions. 2/2
The bombings of the Israeli occupation have targeted the academic institutions in the ravaged Gaza strip, along with thousands of children and Academic cadres. All part of the onslaught against our people in Gaza that still continue to reek havoc upon it for 24 consecutive days.
Birzeit University condemns the abduction of Saleh Hasan, the Student Council President, and Omar Zalloum, the Secretary of the Sports Committee in the council; by the Israeli Forces dressed in civilian clothing. 1
The Israeli occupation, since Oct. 7, has destroyed more than 390 academic institution, the last of which was bombing Al-Israa University, and The Islamic University.
The university calls on the international world to work in order to stop this genocidal crimes in Gaza.
3/3
From
#Birzeit_University
, in this stormy day, our hearts are with our people in
#Gaza
Strip, who don’t have a shelter to sleep under, after the wind uprooted their tents, which they stay in hoping for survival from the 165 days of the Israeli occupation’s onslaught.
Today, the university has been bombarded by the Israeli occupation which has led to the death a number of people.
Birzeit sees this as a blatant violation of all the international charters and laws that incriminate the violation of the sanctity of academic institutions.
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One of those heroic acts is of the Palestinian doctor Amira Al-Assouli, who has had vids of he circulate the internet, she risking her life to save someone wounded, underheavy gunfire in front of the sieged Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis as a part of this Israeli onslaught
On this day 36 years ago, the first intifada started from Jabaliya camp, and later spread throughout all of palestine; portraying a perfect example of national unity in the face of the oppression.
Especially those in Gaza Strip, those who display perseverance and resistance against the israeli killing machine with science and knowledge in the medical, health, and science sectors, and who are also working to save the Palestinians from genocide. (2)
Birzeit University’s Board of Trustees has elected
@DrHananAshrawi
as Chairperson of the Board. Dr. Ashrawi will be inaugurated on August 15, 2023, following the resignation of the current Chairperson, Dr. Hanna Nasir, on the same date.
For more:
It is important to note that Al-Assouli works continuously even after her displacement from her home that was destroyed by the Israeli occupation in Absan Aljadida in the eastern part of Khan Younis.(4)
#BZU
condemns the detainment of Prof.
#Shalhoub_Kevorkian
. Silencing Palestinian academics is another layer of the current genocide the Israeli occupation and its accomplices are carrying out to eradicate the Palestinians
#academicfreedom
#freespeech
Birzeit University calls on the international community to put an end to the genocide and war crimes of the Israeli occupation against Palestinians. The latest and worst of which is the massacre in Ahli Arab Hospital (Baptist) in Gaza, resulting in more than 500 martyrs.
19 higher education organizations suspended the educational process in Gaza, depriving 88,000 students of their right to education. due to the Israeli occupation's assault.
138000 students were suspended from face-to-face education in 34 higher academic institutions in the West Bank due to the difficulties of transports for the staff and students, caused by the occupation's roadblocks and the settler terrorism.
#Gaza__Attack
#STOP_THE_GENOCIDE
Eid Al-Fitr comes as our people in Gaza suffer from the genocide and all that followed it; a human catastrophe the keeps unfolding. Despite this war throughout all of Palestine, we hold on to hope, and vow to work hard to achieve the Palestinian goal of freedom and justice.
Zubeidi will defend his thesis "The Hunter and the Dragon: Fugitively in the Palestinian Condition 1968-2018," on Sat. He was about to defend his thesis before his arrest in 2019.
These violations and restrictions will not deter our students to continue their
#education
A large-scale destruction that did not even spare the universities nor the academic institutions.
This is how Gaza looks like after the bombardments and annihilation of the Israeli occupation.
In addition to the exodus, mass murdering, and destruction caused by the Israeli occupation.... A medical and humanitarian catastrophe looms over the
#Gaza
Strip
Mira Ashkar, a month old toddler born during the genocide on Gaza and died within it; she did not die by the rockets fired hy the zionist occupation, she died due the severe cold and lack of food in her family's tent which they in went to after the bombing destroyed their house.
"
#Rebuilding_Hope
"..
#Birzeit_University
’s Initiative To Enable University Students In Gaza To Continue Their Studies.
Support us to enable the continuation of higher education in Gaza#:
@hzomlot
In continuation of the war crimes and the destruction against all the necessities of life in Gaza Strip, especially universities; the zionist occupation bombed Al-Israa University's campus, obliterating the dreams of thousands of enrolled students.
In nylon tents, diverse individuals – scholars, doctors, women, children, and the elderly – face the harsh realities of displacement in Gaza Strip. Fleeing the genocidal Israeli occupation's war machine for 118 days, they face the perils of cold, hunger, thirst, and disease.
In the midst of global silence, Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza has been subject to the Israeli Zionist occupation’s crimes against humanity. The Israeli occupation carried out dozens of executions against the refugees, the wounded, and the medical staff inside the hospital.
Birzeit University condemns the Israeli occupation's attack on the Islamic University in Gaza Strip on Monday Oct 6, 2023, and the bombing of several university's buildings. The assault caused substantial damage to a number exterior and interior equipment and facades.⅓
In the Palestinian Teacher's Day a tribute and a salute to the Palestinian teachers, those who created a generation craving freedom, especially those in
#Gaza
that is currently resisting the tyranny of the zionist occupation which is destroying and killing everything and everyone
These pictures are from Al Quds Open University after the Israeli occupation annihilated it, and turned it into military barracks in his ongoing invasion and war on Gaza.
#NotATarget
#StopGenocide
Congratulations to
#BZU
alumna Muna El-Kurd (
@kurd_muna
) and her brother Mohammed, who were listed among the Time's 100 most influential people worldwide for their efforts to highlight the Israeli occupation's displacement of Palestinians in Jerusalem.
#Times100
#BZU
and
@go2uj
showcase the struggle of higher education under the Israeli occupation in Palestine in a special issue of the journal “
#Education_as_Change
”. Various scholars were invited to study the reality of the Israeli endeavors in Palestine.
Birzeit University strongly condemns the detention of several students by Israeli forces near Turmus Aya, where their vehicle was blocked and they were arrested and led to an unknown location.
Over 2 million people in Gaza are facing severe starvation and famine due to Israeli occupation's war and restriction humanitarian aid's entry. This crisis demands urgent action.
#Save_Gaza_from_Starvation
This reminds us of those in the
#Vietnamwar
in 1960s, starting also in
#ColumbiaUniversity
, which proved instrumental in stopping the war, yet the current one seems more effective and magnified. Showing the importance of the students' voices in obtaining justice and freedom.
9 higher education institution buildings in Gaza, in addition to two in the West Bank, were either completely or partially damaged due to the Israeli occupation's assault.
More than 2.3 million Palestinian in Gaza, hundreds of thousands of which are children suffering from starvation and dehydration, a method used by the Israeli occupation as a weapon of genocide and murder for the ongoing war that started 100 days ago
In the midst of this humanitarian crisis and famine looming of Gaza Strip with the continuation of the genocidal war and blockade, the Israeli naval vessels targeted a UN supplies shipment on its way from the south of the strip to the north of it.
#Birzeit
University’s first
#graduation_ceremony
🧵
“I remember the day of the first graduation in 1976, a historic event not only for the university but for
#Palestine
, because it was the first university graduation on Palestinian soil. 1/6
More than 2 million people in
#Gaza
are being held incommunicado...
The Israeli occupation has been cutting the contact and Internet for five days in Gaza;
the occupation targets the crews of the communication companies as they were attempting to restore communication.
Deeply unsettling & heartbreaking accounts shed light on egregious crimes and reveal a distressing pattern during the Israeli military's genocidal campaign in Gaza.
The shocking revelations underscore the immediate need for global attention & collective action.
#CeasefireNOW
🚨BREAKING:
@UN_SPExperts
report shows that Palestinian women & girls in Israeli detention have been subjected to "multiple forms of sexual assault" including "rape", "torture, ill-treatment/degrading treatment" & threats "with rape & sexual violence."
”
In the past 24 hours, the occupation assassinated 4 journalists across Gaza and Lebanon; Ayat Khdoura, Alaa Taher Al-Hassanat, Farah Omar, and Rabei Al-Memari.
Raising the toll to more than 55 journalists murdered by the zionist occupation since Oct. 7.
#StopGenocide
#ceasefire
(432) شهيداً
من أسرة التعليم العالي في قطاع غزة منهم (420) طالباً و(12) عاملا
432 members of the higher educational community in the Gaza Strip, including
420 students and 12 academic staff, were murdered by the Israeli occupation
Thirty international students from across the world started their studies at the
#Palestine
and
#Arabic
Studies (PAS) program for the Fall Semester of the 2023/2024. The program offers Arabic language and social sciences courses for non-speakers.
For more:
Today marks 106 years since Arthur Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, issued the ominous Balfour Deceleration that pledges to establish a national homeland for the Jews all over the world in Palestine; a promise that was one of the major conspiracy points against Palestine.
Birzeit University appeals to the international law and academic institution to advocate for Birzeit University and the higher education institutions, for these violations hinder the academic process, and the academic and humanitarian performance. 5
The university sees this as a grave threat to the lives of its students, and a threat to their academic careers. It is a continuation of the Israeli occupation’s systematic crimes against students and academic institutions, especially ones of higher education. 3
We protest Israeli ruthless assault on Gaza’s civilians, which killed over 14 women, men & children in the past 2 days. We call upon all supporters of
#justice
to protest Israeli aggressions & hold it accountable to end their regime of settler colonialism.
#GazaUnderAttack
According to UNICEF, 17,000+ children are without their parents in Gaza since the start of this genocidal war; some have had both or one of their parents martyred, and some had were imprisoned,and some are missing, either under the rubble or lost due to the occupation’s onslaught
#South_Africa
’s Ambassador to
#Palestine
:
“For those who seem surprised about why we went to the
#ICJ
for Palestine , it is because you do not understand our history, our suffering and the apartheid”
They were abducted at the moment of their arrival at the western gate of the campus, after being attacked and held at gunpoint along with the university’s guards, and then they were taken to an unknown location.2
Mexican Ambassador
@P_Blanco_P
visited Birzeit University, discussing expanded collaboration with President Dr. Talal Shahwan and VP Dr. Yaser Amouri. From academic partnerships to a campus tour, the focus was on cooperation between
#BirzeitUniversity
and
#Mexico
.
Birzeit University strongly condemns and deplores these violations, and the deploying of Arabists to violate the sanctity of the higher education institutions 4
By destroying the universities and targeting the scholars and students, it would be difficult to resume the academic life even after the end of this onslaught; it would take years for the universities to resume their education in this destroyed environment.