“Two Schools in Nablus”, an Al-Jazeera Witness Special documentary

Dear friends,

Education is a RIGHT!!

I highly urge you all to watch this documentary about how Palestinians are struggling, NON-VIOLENTLY, to get a basic education and remain sane in this insane reality of Israeli occupation.  Nablus is in the West Bank.  Multiply what you see here by 100 and you can start to imagine the Gaza and Hebron reality.

Sadly, my American subscribers would never have had the chance to see this when it was aired because the US’ “free” media does not allow Al-Jazeera International to air in the US.

Consider showing this in a public venue (local library, city council, to your local newspaper editorial board, etc.) in your city.

Saluting teachers worldwide and free media,

Sam

From Al-Jazeera: “Two Schools in Nablus”: a Witness Special

In a series of programmes, Witness looks at the struggle of getting an education under occupation, following the fates of two schools in Nablus

Filmmakers: Tom Evans and George Azar

Teachers working for months without pay, a chronic overcrowding in the classrooms, and students at risk each day from imprisonment and perhaps worse – welcome to the typical education experience in a Palestinian school. Read More.

Some call them the lost generation: the children of the second intifada that began in 2000.

They are growing up in the West Bank, where Israel has installed a network of checkpoints, barriers and walls, they claim, to protect Israelis from Palestinian suicide bombers.

For Palestinians the restrictions have destroyed their children’s education, something they see as a way out, a key to a better future.

We follow the two head teachers and their staff as they teach, inspire pupils and survive the challenges of life in Nablus; Osaid, as he writes the end-of-year exams he missed while in prison; the teachers as they anxiously await pay day and the tragic pandemonium that breaks out when Israeli soldiers launch a nearby raid to root out militants.

Full Documentary (4 parts)

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