Palestinian terrorist prisoners are completing university studies while in Israeli prison, more than 120 prisoners have now received MA degrees
Headline: “Education – the height of the prisoners’ success”
“Imprisonment did not stand as a barrier before him, and inside the prisons [released prisoner Fadi] Moqadi (PMW was unable to determine the nature of his crimes -Ed.) insisted on completing his studies. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Social Work from Al-Quds Open University. Afterwards, he joined a master’s degree in Hadarim Prison and completed a degree in Israeli Studies from the political science faculty of Al-Quds University ‘Abu Dis,’ under the supervision of Dr. Marwan Barghouti (i.e., terrorist, orchestrated three attacks in which 5 people were murdered).
Moqadi said: …‘We thought about how to bring the Palestinian universities into the prisons and arrange agreements that would enable the prisoners to complete their studies. Thanks to the efforts of the [PA-funded] Prisoners’ Club and the [PLO] Commission of Prisoners’ [Affairs], and the insistence of the prisoners themselves, we were able to carve out our path towards success in creating a paradigm shift in education by bringing national Palestinian universities into the prisons. Thus, prisoners became able to join and study the Palestinian curricula, and this is an important and basic point for us, and it was agreed to bring in a branch of Al-Quds Open University and Al-Quds University ‘Abu Dis’ that would provide bachelor’s and master’s degrees.’
Moqadi noted: ‘Recently education has become one of the prisoners’ priorities and a large number of them have joined the Arab universities, and more than 120 Palestinian prisoners have received master’s degrees. This is a large number, because the approach is to oppress the doctor and professor supervisors in all the occupation’s prisons, and the Israeli Prison Service transfers the prisoners from one prison to another as a means of oppression to thwart the initiative.’ …
He continued: ‘Every prisoner would receive two books periodically, and in exchange would give two other books to another prisoner. We made efforts to develop the library after approximately 2,000 books were confiscated in Hadarim Prison, and we attempted to hide the books that were important to our studies as best as we could, as the Palestinians always attempt to find alternate ways to achieve their human rights, even when they are in prison.’”