cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/13896072

Geneva - The Israeli army has killed 94 university professors, along with hundreds of teachers and thousands of students, as part of its genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued on Saturday

According to Euro-Med Monitor, the Israeli army has targeted academic, scientific, and intellectual figures in the Strip in deliberate and specific air raids on their homes without prior notice. Those targeted have been crushed to death beneath the rubble, along with members of their families and other displaced families.

  • nonailsleft@lemm.ee
    657·
    10 months ago

    If from 25k dead only 17 of those are professors, it seems like a really weird claim that Israel would be deliberately targeting them…

      • nonailsleft@lemm.ee
        29·
        10 months ago

        I think they’re busy destroying every large building in Gaza tbh

        But there’s like 30% of all buildings destroyed according to some sources, and Al Jazeera is adding the nuance that all the universities are either ‘damaged or destroyed’. Which would certainly suggest that the statement that they are all destroyed is at least somewhat exagerrated.

      • nonailsleft@lemm.ee
        617·
        10 months ago

        Those targeted include 17 individuals who held professor degrees, 59 who held doctoral degrees, and 18 who held master’s degrees, the rights group stated.

        • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.eeEnglish
          14·
          10 months ago

          University professor can be used for any university teacher, while a professor degree is a specific title. I’ve been taught by teachers with professor titles, doctorates, and masters. They are all teachers.

          • nonailsleft@lemm.ee
            116·
            10 months ago

            See my reply above with a napkin calculation - without knowing how many there are, how does one conclude they’re being targeted? The numbers are so low (sorry for the cynicism) one could argue Bibi is trying to wipe out all the window washers or something.

              • nonailsleft@lemm.ee
                218·
                10 months ago

                Imagine you’re an IDF planner and Bibi personally tasks you to use the cover of the coming campaign to take out the Palestinian academia. Three months in, you’re called in to report on your progress. Do you think he’s going to be impressed that, on top of the statistical average, you’ve managed to kill 0,34% of them?

        • Squizzy@lemmy.world
          133·
          10 months ago

          “targeted”

          Your own source uses the very terminology you’re refuting.