Canada's 'Limbo' for Gazan Students: Colonialism's Latest Form
France 24 reports on over 130 Gazan students, offered scholarships in Canada, stuck in 'administrative limbo.' This narrative focuses on a bureaucratic hiccup, not the crushing reality of a besieged strip where education has been systematically dismantled. Israel's blockade on Gaza, enforced for nearly two decades, and its current assault have obliterated universities and infrastructure, making
any pursuit of higher education a perilous endeavor. This isn't 'limbo'; it's the predictable outcome of deliberate policies supported by Western governments, including Canada's. We are meant to empathize with the 'limbo' but ignore the 'hell' these students are escaping. Canada, like many Western nations, offers token gestures of goodwill while simultaneously supporting the very forces that make
such gestures 'necessary.' One might wonder how many of these countries send aid to Israel while lamenting the displacement of Palestinians.