THOU SHALT NOT STUDY

September 9, 2006 at 08:33 (Uncategorized)

As the occupation of Palestine continues…. so does the suffering. Residents are not allowed to leave, not allowed to enter…. and now residents of Gaza are not allowed to study at universities in the West Bank. That’s not new, it’s been the policy of the Israelis for the past six years. But now, there is a petition against that policy as reported in HaAretz…

Israel continues banning Gazans from studying in West Bank

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent

The defense establishment said on Thursday it would continue banning Palestinian students from the Gaza Strip from studying in the West Bank.

Hundreds of Palestinian students whom Israel has prevented from continuing studies in West Bank universities for the past six years have recently petitioned the High Court of Justice to instruct the state to allow them to complete their studies.

The petition was supported by Israeli professors, who protested the infringement on the students’ freedom to study.

The defense establishment is preparing its response to the petition.

Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet officials told Defense Minister Amir Peretz on Thursday that they could not agree to the students’ demand, because of intelligence indicating that terrorist groups in the West Bank contacted individuals who moved freely between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and used them to transfer information and instructions.

Peretz and members of the defense establishment also discussed preparations for the approaching olive harvest in the West Bank. Peretz instructed them to thwart the settlers’ attacks on the Palestinians and their efforts to prevent the Palestinians from reaching their olive groves. “The law must be enforced, we must prepare properly and prevent any friction,” Peretz said.

The defense establishment has stopped acting against the settlers’ construction and expansion of illegal outposts in the West Bank since the abduction of the soldier Gilad Shalit in late June and especially since the eruption of the conflict in the North.

Following is a written Declaration of Principles On Interim Self-Government Arrangements…..

Declaration of Principles On Interim Self-Government Arrangements
(September 13, 1993)

ARTICLE IV

JURISDICTION

The two sides view the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as a single territorial unit, whose integrity will be preserved during the interim period.

Done at Washington, D.C., this thirteenth day of September, 1993.

For the Government of Israel
For the P.L.O.

Witnessed By:

The United States of America
The Russian Federation

The question is where are The United States of America and The Russian Federation? Do they even respect their own signatures to these documents? Does anyone care? If you do.. make it known.