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.
You should be counting 17 from the number of university professors in Gaza, which is probably less than 1700.
Well, how many are there? Wikipedia tells me there are about 10 universities and colleges in Gaza, with around 140-150.000 students in higher education. If the student-teacher ratio is say 20-1 That would translate to 7.000 teaching staff, which would translate to 70 deaths, versus the 94 that are cited.
You’d think if they were actively trying to kill all the professors there’d be a lot more by now.
Not everyone that works as a professor has a professors degree.
If you want to make cheap excuses for genocide at the very least do a bit of research beforehand.