We, the undersigned national figures and civil society organizations, vehemently condemn the Israeli occupation forces’
criminal assault on Birzeit University on 10 January 2022. The Israeli forces raided - namely, the Birzeit University
campus, firing live ammunition, injuring students, and abducting and detaining several of them. We hold the occupation
authorities fully responsible for the safety of the incarcerated students and demand their immediate release.
This abhorrent crime requires immediate international intervention to provide protection for the Palestinan people as
well as Palestinian academic and cultural institutions. It also requires that all Palestinians, individuals and
organizations, to rally to the defense of Birzeit University, a distinguished national and academic institution. Birzeit
University prides itself on its established and rich history of political and intellectual diversity and inclusion,
while practicing and defending participatory democracy, making it a cornerstone in Palestinian resilience as well as the
resistance to the occupation. In this context, we call for focusing our collective efforts and energies on confronting
the Israeli aggression and denying the occupier the opportunity to undermine and weaken our institutions or meddle in
our internal affairs.
We also urge for continued internal dialogue within the university and in a manner that guarantees the resolution of any
internal disputes and allows for the prompt resumption of academic life on campus.Hanan AshrawiAzmi Al-ShuaibiMamdouh Al-AkerHani Al-MasriAbdelqader Al-HusseiniShawan JabarinAmmar DweikIssam ArouriMajida Al-MasriMohamed Al-AboushiMuhram Al-BarghouthiSami KhaderMahmoud Al-IfranjiAbdallah JarrarUbai AboudiTahrir Al-ArajAbdelfattah Abu SurourAmjad Al-ShawaHilmi Al-ArajSanaa ShubeitaMohamad SalamehKhaled KuzmarFadwa Al-HusseiniMunjed Abu JeishFuad Abu SeifMohamad Al-HasasnehSahar FrancisIssam YounisAlaa SkafiLily FeidyHonaisa GhanemPalestinian NGO NetworkPalestinian Human Rights Organizations Council