Gaza University Resumes Classes, Media Forgets Why They Stopped
Al Jazeera's photo gallery proudly showcases students at Gaza's Islamic University, back in classrooms after 'two years amid war damage' – a classic understatement bordering on outright omission. What this reporting gracefully sidesteps is that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) systematically destroyed every single university in Gaza except for this one, and even that suffered damage . This isn't
'war damage,' it's calculated cultural decimation. Remember when Netanyahu personally declared he wasn't interested in a 'culture of peace' in Gaza ? Apparently, he found a direct way to ensure it. So while one university limps back to life, the headlines don't scream about the educational apartheid imposed by deliberate policy, but rather celebrate the 'resilience' of a population forced to
rebuild what was wantonly destroyed. It’s almost as if the architects of demolition are hoping we won't ask who caused the 'war damage' in the first place.