The Shin Bet Israel’s internal intelligence agency has banned a Palestinian female student studying at Hebron University from entering al-Khalil city with no known reason.
The student Sojoud al-Daraweesh said she was handed an order by the Shin Bet prohibiting her entry to al-Khalil city adding that she would not be able to complete her academic studies at Hebron University.
Daraweesh who was detained for one day a month ago and recently interrogated by the Shin Bet in Etzion military camp pointed to her exposure to unjustified persecution by the Israeli army.
She said that an Israeli intelligence officer had threatened to arrest her if she refused to comply with the order.
As a result the student has asked the university management to enable her to complete her studies remotely through a specific mechanism.
In this regard the student affairs department of the university denounced the Israeli measure against Daraweesh as a serious violation of a student’s right to education noting that the decision would affect her educational life.
The department said it would intervene to find a solution to the issue of the student in accordance with the academic regulations.
