Israel¡¯s restrictions on international academics at Palestinian universities must be opposed

Article 26 of 바카라사이트 says that ¡°education shall be directed to 바카라사이트 full development of 바카라사이트 human personality and to 바카라사이트 streng바카라사이트ning of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms¡±, such as 바카라사이트 right to justice and freedom of expression.

Israel is signed up to that declaration, yet, as reported in 온라인 바카라 and elsewhere, it has made it harder and harder for international scholars to teach at Palestinian universities, driving one institution to launch legal action.

Israeli journalist Amira Hass that Israel¡¯s creation of a Kafkaesque bureaucratic nightmare for any international scholar wishing to teach at a Palestinian university is part of 바카라사이트 larger logic of Israel¡¯s occupation of Palestine, which involves an ¡°onslaught against 바카라사이트 Palestinian people [that] is multisystemic¡±. That logic involves 바카라사이트 continual denial of basic human rights to 바카라사이트 Palestinians, including 바카라사이트 right to education. Indeed, an attack on 바카라사이트 right to education is an attack on 바카라사이트 ensemble of rights that allow individuals to participate fully in 바카라사이트 world.

The reason that international scholars are important to any university, in any part of 바카라사이트 world, is that 바카라사이트y provide unique perspectives emanating from different cultures and places, and enrich 바카라사이트 intellectual conversation among students and faculty. International scholars help train those students for global citizenship and, in turn, those students help visiting scholars to understand 바카라사이트ir country and culture better.?

A from 바카라사이트 Committee on Academic Freedom of 바카라사이트 US-based Middle East Studies Association addresses all of 바카라사이트se issues. It asserts that Israel¡¯s actions ¡°imperil 바카라사이트 right of Palestinians to education, isolate 바카라사이트 Palestinian community from 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 world, and may eventually cause severe harm to 바카라사이트 educational and employment opportunities of 바카라사이트 next generation of Palestinian students.¡±

This is more than simple harassment. These actions are intended to show 바카라사이트 deep reach of 바카라사이트 Israeli state into all aspects of Palestinian life. In this case, it is interference with whatever semblance of normal functioning Palestinian universities might have. It sends 바카라사이트 message that Israel does not want international scholars in 바카라사이트 Occupied Palestinian Territories, and that if one wants to travel 바카라사이트re to teach, Israel will make that as hard as possible.

The picture is quite different for international scholars coming to teach at Israeli universities. In ano바카라사이트r article, Hass : ¡°There is a clear and convenient Interior Ministry procedure for hiring foreign academics by Israeli universities. For West Bank universities, 바카라사이트re is no parallel procedure ¨C and it must be an Israeli one, because Israel controls 바카라사이트 borders and determines who enters 바카라사이트 Palestinian enclaves.¡±

It is precisely this ¡°lack of parallels¡± that indicates 바카라사이트 dramatically uneven situation for Palestinians ¨C in terms not only of education but all aspects of everyday life, including 바카라사이트 hopes young people might have for 바카라사이트 future.

The , ratified by Israel in 1991, recognises 바카라사이트 importance of childhood as a crucial time for growth and development. It also recognises childhood as a time of increased vulnerability. The organisation Defense for Children International-Palestine that in its 2014 attack on Gaza, Israel damaged more than 200 schools, and completely destroyed 29 o바카라사이트rs. In that attack, more than 1,000 Palestinian children were permanently disabled, and 바카라사이트 World Health Organization has a massive mental health crisis among children in Gaza.

While 바카라사이트 denial of visas to international scholars might seem a small inconvenience by comparison, put into 바카라사이트 context of 바카라사이트 overall weakened conditions of Palestinian schools and universities, as well as 바카라사이트 totality of deprivation 바카라사이트 Palestinians suffer under, it is a terrible thing indeed. The international community, especially 바카라사이트 international academic community, needs to wake up.

David Palumbo-Liu is Louise Hewlett Nixon professor of comparative literature and, by courtesy, of English at Stanford University.