Dear Amnesty International USA member group:

Thank you for joining our campaign to help Palestinians in Gaza access education.  Please add your Amnesty International member group as a co-signer of the public statement below.  

We will send it to Congress, the White House, and the Israeli government.

Please note:  We will not provide your personal contact info to U.S. and Israeli decisionmakers.  We are only asking for that information so that we may directly followup with you in the future.  

For more information on the campaign, visit:  http://www.amnestyusa.org/GazaStudents


STATEMENT:

We call on the Israeli government to stop limiting access to education for Palestinian students in the Gaza Strip. We urge the Israeli government to completely lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip.

Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip traps over 1.6 million Palestinian civilians. Many are cut off from jobs and educational opportunities. 70% of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip now depend on humanitarian aid as a result.

Israel effectively bars thousands of Palestinian students in the Gaza Strip from pursuing higher education in the nearby West Bank, part of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

These students are forced to pursue limited higher education options in Gaza or find resources to travel to other countries. They are not allowed to pursue nearby programs in the West Bank, home to over 2.5 million fellow Palestinians.

Israel must stop blocking Palestinian students in Gaza from access to the education they desire and to which they have a right.

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