Rita Giacaman, Anita Abdullah, Rula Abu Safieh and Luna ShamiehRamallah6 December 2002
By the end of the 2001-2002 school year, the Palestinian Ministry of Education reported that: 216 students were killed, 2514 injured, and 164 arrested; 17 teachers and staff in the education sector were killed and 71 were arrested; 1289 schools were closed for at least 3 consecutive weeks during the Israeli invasion between March 29 and up till the end of the school year; and approximately 50% of school children and 35,000 employees in the education sector were prevented from reaching their schools. Read more about Schooling at Gunpoint: Palestinian Children's Learning Environment in War Like Conditions (part 1 of 2)