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9/5/2002 (12:26) |
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-22:11 Dennis: in the last 14 days, 26 Pals killed, including 6 children.. only 5 of the 26 were engaged in any kind of resistance.. at 2AM a jeep pulled up to a marble factory, 4 workers cuffed, beaten, shot and murdered.. one man shot 12 times in the head.. another incident, 5 civilians killed including two children ages 14 and 6.. by Apache homicide heliocopter missile.. today Israel took over Birzeit University.. putting a military checkpoint at the university gate.. now w Chivvas Moore, teacher at Birzeit Chivvas: B.U. the closest that Palestine has to a national university.. students (used to) come from all over Palestine.. a big supporter of women's rights.. 5,000 students in good times.. but now.. I've lost all my students.. Gaza one big concentration camp.. my students from there can't come to school.. I used to go to them, but even that now is impossible.. spring semester not finished.. summer semester cancelled.. now as we begin the fall semester.. (Palestine Monitor).. Israel will continue repression, plus put a military checkpoint at our gate.. Dennis: imagine having to be searched, held at gunpoint to go to UC or UT.. Chivvas: going through a checkpoint involves maybe being taken away in a jeep, badly beaten, sexually harrassed, held up for five hours or more, not allowed through at all, tear gassed, shot.. it is dangerous.. Dennis: children escorted safely to school in Israel.. not in Palestine.. Chivvas: in Ramallah, children allowed to go to school, but not in the villages.. but only 2 hours after school started, Israeli reimposed the curfew.. what to do with the kids?.. you only have a few minutes to get home, or you get shot.. curfew *violators* shot on sight, even kids.. (see Sam Bahour article on Israeli Indymedia).. schools shot too, some schools turned into military posts.. 25 West Bank schools used as detention centers.. a little girl killed in her classroom, not safe to go home, not safe to stay in school.. just to get to school, kids have to line up, have guns pointed at them, have their little backpacks searched.. 30,000 students couldn't go back to school at all..
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