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Education During The First Intifada
During the First Intifada in Palestine, from 1987 to 1991, the Israeli government repeatedly ordered almost all Palestinian schools closed for various lengths of time, including every single Palestinian university. The government justified its orders on the widespread participation of Palestinian youth in demonstrations, saying that schools had become hotspots of unrest and stone throwing. The school closures became a key site of non-violent resistance among Palestinians, with popular committees organising a variety alternative underground classrooms. Those underground classrooms were in turn banned by the Israeli government and targeted by Israeli crackdowns, ultimately causing significant disruption to the education of many Palestinian youth. Yamila Hussein of the ''Radical Teacher'' has argued that "during the 1987 intifada, Palestinian education - formal and informal - effectively became illegal as Israel closed schools and universities indefinitely, and Israeli soldiers harasse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Intifada
The First Intifada (), also known as the First Palestinian Intifada, was a sustained series of Nonviolent resistance, non-violent protests, acts of civil disobedience, Riot, riots, and Terrorism, terrorist attacks carried out by Palestinians and Palestinian political violence, Palestinian militant groups in the Israeli-occupied territories, Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and Israel. It was motivated by collective Palestinian frustration over Israel's military occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as it approached a twenty-year mark, having begun in the wake of the Six-Day War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War.#LockmanBeinin1989, Lockman; Beinin (1989), p.&nbs5./ref> The uprising lasted from December 1987 until the Madrid Conference of 1991, though some date its conclusion to 1993, the year the Oslo Accords were signed. The Intifada began on 9 December 1987 in the Jabalia refugee camp after an Israeli truck driver collided with parked civilian vehicles, killing four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
