“We never know if we will return safely”: West Bank students speak out against the war on education
Students in the West Bank have become “desensitised” to what Israeli occupation forces have made routine: checkpoints, incursions, intimidation and violence. But what they endure is far from normal. It’s a systematic campaign of disruption and dismantlement. Shams, a 24-year-old journalism and media graduate from Birzeit University, says fear is woven into their everyday life. They tell the Canary: Whenever we leave our homes in the morning, we never know if we will return safely. Death is always close to us. Now young people are dying before the older ones. The journey is extremely difficult. Settler violence and military checkpoints constantly…
