In a new paper published by Mada al-Carmel– The Arab Center for Applied Social Research, in Palestine Papers series, student activist Youssef Taha examines political persecution and repressive practices against Palestinian citizens from inside the Green Line who study at Israeli universities, amid the war of genocide on the Gaza Strip that broke out after October 7, 2023. These practices have ranged from threats of expulsion to referrals to disciplinary committees, and even arrests. In parallel, the study examines the actions of student movements and Palestinian agency in the face of this campaign.
The paper argues that the Palestinian student movement inside the Green Line is undergoing widespread persecution and ongoing attempts to restrict its activities or limit it to providing services and organizing social activities, while excluding any form of political engagement. Every national political activity undertaken by the student movement, particularly if related to the Palestinian cause, has been met with incitement and the targeting of students, including by arresting them. This response intensified markedly after the outbreak of Israel’s war of genocide on Gaza.
The paper asserts that in the days ahead, the true test for the Palestinian student movement in particular —and perhaps for Palestinian political and national activism within the Green Line more generally— will be whether it can rise again, resume its activities, maneuver itself and avoid submitting or surrendering to the limitations imposed by the Israeli establishment, both prior to and after the outbreak of war on Gaza.
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