General Strike NowThe Arabic-language Hurriya News announced that the Birzeit student body would mount a general strike in mourning. National newspaper Al Ayyam ...
On 23 November 2025, Birzeit University in the Palestinian West Bank halted all teaching to mourn one of its law students, killed by Israeli gunfire in a nearby village.#AcademicFreedomIndex #BaraaKhairyAliMaali #BirzeitUniversity #ConstraintsonAcademicFreedom #DeirJarir #IDF #IsraeliDefenceForce #LarsLott #OCHA #Palestine #ScholarsatRisk #University
⛓️ Academic freedom begins on the streets
⛓️ Academic freedom begins on the streets
On 23 November 2025, Birzeit University in the Palestinian West Bank halted all teaching to mourn one of its law students, killed by Israeli gunfire in a nearby village. The case, says Serena Fraiese, reveals how freedom crumbles in the world outside academe before it even reaches campus