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Wed 15 Mar 2023 9:45 pm - Jerusalem Time
Shtayyeh: The occupation is fighting the Palestinian identity
Ramallah - "Jerusalem" dot com - Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh considered today, Thursday, the Israeli occupation's decision to demolish the Ein Samia School, northeast of Ramallah, as coming within the framework of the war on the Palestinian identity, and its continuous and frantic endeavor to familyize education, especially in Jerusalem, which is what It constitutes a flagrant violation of the rights of Palestinian students.
This came during a speech he gave at a ceremony honoring outstanding high school exams and top students with disabilities, in Ramallah.
Shtayyeh expressed his rejection of the occupation measures and the revocation of licenses of six private schools in Jerusalem
He said: We will follow up these serious violations at the highest levels and in all forums, and we deliberately announced the results from Jerusalem to be a message to the occupation that wants to occupy our curricula and schools.
He added: We have no choice but to continue success and excellence in the process of liberation and construction. Our weapon is our human capital, and our weapon is science and knowledge. The Palestinian person always performs miracles and transcends his reality and circumstances, and for us the positions of our Jerusalemites, Jerusalemite institutions, and parents are the best example, as they have formed and still are the line of defense. The first is about the Palestinian presence in Jerusalem, and about the sovereignty of education and the Palestinian curriculum.
And he continued: Palestine excels with its steadfastness and struggles, and excels with its successful and creative people in all fields and in all forums. Palestine records every day a success story, and provides the world and humanity with lessons in patience, steadfastness, giving, struggle and knowledge.
The Prime Minister directed his message to the outstanding students: "Study what you want and what you like, but with what enables you to arm yourself with a high-value qualitative advantage. Study with what enables you to stay in the country to be a lever for it and with it, dream and use your imagination, and excel for your dreams and not for the desire of your parents."
Shtayyeh said: "It is our duty to support you and create an enabling environment for you to continue the path of excellence, and the duty of institutions and universities to guide and direct you, and your duty to make the necessary effort in planning and choosing for your future. You have received a distinguished education, with the efforts of thousands of teachers in our schools who are making the effort, and with wise management from the Ministry of Education." And education, for which we thank its staff, especially those that completed the exam to the fullest, and in the most accurate circumstances.”
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Shtayyeh: The occupation is fighting the Palestinian identity