Documentation

Video evidence of destruction of Gaza's Universities

Reports detailing effects on Gaza's Universities, staff, and students

UN experts deeply concerned over 'scholasticide'.  A report from experts appointed by the Special Procedures, the largest body of independent experts in the UN human rights system, is the general name of the Council’s independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms.

Class destroyed: The rise and ruin of Gaza's revered universities.  NBC News.    Built over decades, Gaza’s universities embodied the ambitions of young Palestinians.  In weeks the Israeli Military destroyed them. 

Israeli Damage to Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Gaza, October 2023-January 2024.  A Preliminary Report from Librarians and Archivists with Palestine. 

The war in Gaza is wiping out Palestine's education and knowledge systems.  The Conversation.  17 Jan 2024.  Scholars say Israel is intentionally destroying education and cultural institutions in Gaza

Letter condeming the devastating military campaign in Gaza.  Committee on Academic Freedom, Middle East Studies Association.  25 Jan 2024.  Providing names and other details of 94 Professors killed in Gaza up to 20 Jan 2024.  

Article reporting the launch of EDM505.  Times Higher Education Supplement.  2 April 2024.

Scholars for Palestine UK.  Palestinian academics in the UK issue emergency call in defence of universities in Gaza and for urgent public commitments from UK universities and international organisations to support their rebuilding [full text and signatories below]

Guardian Article by Chandni Desai.  Israel has destroyed or damaged 80% of schools in  Gaza.  This is scholasticide.  The attack on Palestinian education, educators and cultural knowledge isn’t new, but it has reached horrifying new levels.   

The decimation of Gaza's academia is "impossible to quantify".  With thousands of faculty and students likely killed and campuses destroyed, Palestinian universities in the Strip are barely surviving Israel's scholasticide.  Ibrahim Mahdi.  +972 Magazine.  July 26, 2024.