275. Why is Israel afraid of education?

A UN report shows that Israeli attacks have resulted in the deaths of at least 792 teachers and 18,639 students, while damaging or destroying nine out of ten school buildings in the occupied West Bank.

It seems that the Israelis have a disturbing, even unhealthy, sick mindset. The IDF has been attacking schools and students. 

Just four days ago, in a West Bank school, a 14-year-old student was killed amid a surge in violence. An Israeli reservist shot the boy in the head just outside the gate of Mughayyir boys’ secondary school, where he was in ninth grade.

The boy collapsed immediately, bleeding heavily. His friends rushed to his side, lifted his limp body, and left a trail of his blood along the school wall.

Footage from inside the building showed terrified children and teachers crouched in stairwells, shouting for others to get down. A video captured the shooter, a reservist in partial uniform, taking aim at the school from the hillside above.

A few minutes afterwards, the same man killed a teacher's younger brother, whose family resides next to the school. 

The report says that education in occupied Palestine, particularly in Gaza, faces significant challenges, with over 600,000 school-age children having been without access to traditional in-person classes for nearly three years. 

On the same day, settlers destroyed a European-funded school for Palestinian children in a village 25 miles to the north. The French government has since demanded compensation from Israel for the destruction.

Israeli settlers have also installed razor wire across the road to a school in the south Hebron Hills, preventing students from crossing it, which connects children to their education.

Israeli forces have historically interfered with education, sometimes stopping teachers living outside villages from reaching their classrooms.

Students urgently need protection from the escalating deadly Israeli attacks in the occupied West Bank.

And they expect the global community to condemn attacks on Jews in London's streets. Why should we?