Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 13:25:23 -0500
From: Furuhashi.1-AT-osu.edu (Yoshie Furuhashi)
Subject: M-I: Palestinian students/academic freedom--Gaza Petition


>>>Subject:  Palestinian students/academic freedom--Gaza Petition
>>>
>>>Please see the forwarded petition below. If you would like to add your
>>>name, send it (along with your affiliation, phone, fax and e-mail to: Rabab
>>>Abdulhadi at:           rabab.abdulhadi-AT-yale.edu
>>>
>>>In turn, please forward this message to anyone you think might be
>>>interested.
>>>
>>>
>>>Return-Path: <rabab.abdulhadi-AT-yale.edu>
>>>Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 16:28:49 -0500 (EST)
>>>From: Rabab Abdulhadi <rabab.abdulhadi-AT-yale.edu>
>>>hi, everyone,
>>>
>>>if you want to sign this petition, just send me a confirmation with your
>>>name, university or organizational affiliation, phone, fax, and email, ad I
>>>will forward to Cambridge University in the UK. they are coordinating this
>>>effort.
>>>
>>>Deadline; March 1, 1997.
>>>
>>>Thank you for your concern.
>>>
>>>
>>>P.S.   the petition is only a few lines, right after the description of
>>>the
>>>
>>>campaign, between the double lines.
>>>
>>>Also, please feel free to forward the petition to whomever you think is a
>>>potential signatory.
>>>
>>>Rabab Abdulhadi
>>>
>>>A group of students at Cambridge University are undertaking the
>>>organization of an international petition drive on behalf of Gaza Students
>>>who are not allowed to travel to the West Bank to pursue their university
>>>education.
>>>
>>>This is a long-standing problem, and affects hundreds of Gazans
>>>students studying at Bir Zeit, al-Najah, and other universities in the West
>>>Bank. In order to get to the West Bank, Gazans must travel through
>>>Israel, which requires obtaining Israeli permits. The Israelis often deny
>>>these permits as a part of the collective punishment imposed against
>>>Palestinians. Gazan students often must either forgo their university
>>>education or travel to the West Bank clandestinely, thereby risking arrest
>>>and other forms of harassment by the Israelis.
>>>
>>>The deadline for the petition has been extended to March 3, at which
>>>point students from around the world will be presenting their completed
>>>petitions to local Israeli consulates and embassies.
>>>
>>>I urge you all to take the time to do this. It only takes about two hours a
>>>day for five days to sit at a table at a cafeteria entrance during meal
>>>times to collect signatures. In addition to helping the Gaza students it
>>>helps politicize people who may not know alot about the issue.
>>>
>>>The organizers have set up a web page on the issue. It is at:
>>>http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/cupal
>>>
>>>For those who do not have access to the web, the main page of the site
>>>is copied below.
>>>
>>>If you have further questions, please contact
>>>> >>>     Nick Guyatt
>>>> >>>     University of Cambridge
>>>> >>>     Cambridge, England
>>>> >>>     email: nsmg100-AT-cam.ac.uk
>>>> >>>     fax: 00 44 (1) 223 334426
>>>> >>>     phone: 00 44 (1) 223 576900
>>>
>>>=========================================================>>>                  GAZA STUDENTS CAMPAIGN
>>>
>>>                     Join the campaign!
>>>
>>>
>>>     If you've read about the issue and would like to help, we'd be
>>>     delighted for you to join our campaign. If you're not a student,
>>>     academic or university staff member, please join the campaigns
>>>     organised by B'Tselem and Birzeit University.
>>>
>>>     Monday 3rd March will be the day on which we petition Israel for
>>>     academic freedom. We hope that students around the world will, on
>>>     this day, visit Israeli embassies and deliver signatures from students,
>>>     staff and academics upon the following motion:
>>>
>>>"We, the undersigned, call upon Prime Minister Netanyahu and the
>>>Government of Israel to guarantee academic freedom for the students,
>>>teachers and staff of Gaza who work in the West Bank. We call for
>>>Israel to introduce academic permits and a standardised, open system of
>>>procedures for dealing with applications. We believe that Palestinian
>>>education is of great importance to the peace process, and call upon
>>>Israel to ensure that this education is not denied."
>>>
>>>
>>>> >>Geoff Hartman, Editor, Middle East Report (MER)
>>>> >>Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP)
>>>> >>1500 Mass. Ave. NW * Suite 119 * Washington, DC  20005
>>>> >>T 202-223-3677 F 202-223-3604 E merip-AT-igc.org
>>>> >>Publishers of Middle East Report (MER)
>>>
>>>> >>For more information about MERIP and MER send an
>>>> >>empty message to <merip-info-AT-igc.org>.




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