Under Siege

Part of the series Two Schools in Nablus

This programme contains sensitive content including images of conflict, teachers are advised to watch in full before using in classrooms.

In this final episode, we see how events occuring outside of the two West Bank schools can have a huge impact on the lives of both teachers and pupils.

One month into an already stressful term and the two schools, King Talal boys' school and Hajja Rushda girls' school, are having to deal with the day-to-day realities of living under an occupation while attempting to teach and learn.

A raid by the Israeli army on a nearby refugee camp brings chaos to the schools as well as tragedy for one of the students.

This series has been filmed exclusively from one perspective. You might be interested in two other programmes, Little Peace of Mine and Inspirations - Oasis of Peace, that explore how education is being used to build bridges between the Israelis and Palestinians.

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usaama13 on 23 February 2009

Excellent, Brilliant Very heart-rending. ...
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Duration: 20:00 minutes
Published: 04 January 2008
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International

Area

Two Schools in Nablus

Series

Stages:

KS4 | Secondary

Subjects:

Citizenship | Documentaries | Global citizenship | International

Roles:

Teacher

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Supporting information provided by the educational consultant for this programme

Evidence: Two Schools in Nablus - Under Pressure (Word 56 Kb)

Useful websites

UNESCO: Developing education in Palestine Outlining the history and continuing development of education in Palestine

UNICEF: Occupied Palestinian Territory A collection of informative articles about education in Palestine, including the teachers' strike last year

Communities in Conflict This website is intended as a showcase and a celebration of international links between schools in Palestine and the UK

Hope High School, Salford Contact details for Hope High school, who have recently taken part in an exchange programme with King Talal school

BBC: Country profile - Israel and Palestine territories The history, politics and geography of Israel and Palestine

BBC News: A history of conflict Timeline of the conflict between Israel and Palestine

The Palestinian Curriculum Development Centre Outlining the planned development of the Palestinian curriculum and the issues that surround it

The Palestine Red Crescent Society The organisation in charge of taking families to visit relatives in prison and helping with emergency situations

Addameer Prisoner's Support and Human Rights Association Informative website about Israeli imprisonment of Palestinians

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- usaama13
  
  Under Siege
  
  23 February 2009 - 21:14
  Excellent, Brilliant Very heart-rending.
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- ahmedfadi
  
  the fight for eduaction & learning
  
  26 October 2008 - 16:47
  what's really appealing in this documentary is that those students are fighting to learn no matter how hard and difficult the conditions.This is something truly significant; which is not the case in other countries where everything is available but the rate of illiteracy is high.
  thanks for showing the video.
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- dhaynes
  
  Nablus
  
  25 April 2008 - 21:18
  I agree that without education we have nothing, anywhere, except the perpetuation of family and cultural prejudice. My aim, hope and prayer is that every child in the whole world be educated in openness, respect and understanding of the vast similarity and difference for every human in what it is to be a valuable human being. There are faults in every system, but we have to know how to live for the truth. May all of our teachers, throughout the whole world, in Palestine, Israel, Europe and everywhere, endeavor towards that dream and an end to political conflict.
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- hkd
  
  two schools
  
  24 January 2008 - 19:22
  very one side. why not show israeli schools on the Gaza boarder that are subjected to rocket attacks
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- Helen M
  
  Re : Thank you for getting in
  
  25 January 2008 - 10:03
  Thank you for getting in touch with Teachers TV. Whilst I am afraid we do not have any programmes which illustrate the impact of rocket attacks on Israeli schools, we are transmitting a number of programmes about education in Israel as part of our Middle East season. I hope you will find our Inspirations: Oasis of Peace and Judah and Mohammad of particular interest since, as both deal with the reconciliatory potential of education across both the Israeli and Palestinian communities. We are also transmitting Empty Rooms which does illustrate the impact of a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv in 2001.
  
  We hope you find the range of programmes interesting.
  Helen Mussard, Community Marketing Executive, Teachers TV
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- zipi dvir
  
  Re : correct the injustice
  
  12 April 2008 - 20:24
  once you show a film about 2 schools in Nablus, tellimg and describing their story, it is your duty and obligation to introduce Israeli schools and students under daily missiles attacks. In your negligence to do so you betray the real role of mass comunnication - being objective and producing both sides of the conflict. It is in your hands to correct the injustice. Do it now!
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- kehena
  
  Re : It isn't one sided. It shows
  
  6 February 2008 - 15:12
  It isn't one sided. It shows what they other side are up to very clearly.
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- anthony waldman
  (Associate)
  
  Two Schools of Nablus
  
  9 April 2008 - 21:24
  anthonyr
  
  Yes, the Palestinians suffer. But then so do the Israelis. The faceless Israeli soldiers in this film were mostly 18 year old recruits who would also like to get on with their lives and education intstead of having to be in the army for three years. I spent four years teaching in Israel/Palestine so I have a reasonable idea of the situation. One sided programmes like this do not help to bring both dides together and an end to this terrible conflict.
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- faresf
  
  Two Schools, other hundreds with same and worse conditions
  
  9 April 2008 - 21:00
  This is only a small part of the daily suffering of the Palestinians under occupation. What's not shown on TV is even much worse but I do highly respect and evaluate the will of those people against Israeli occupation and to get their learning no matter what !!
  Freedom to Palestinian students and teachers
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- rgrosskopf
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  Two Schools
  
  9 April 2008 - 09:10
  Whilst this film is greatly informative it is certainly very much one sided. It is a shame that you did not show the other side of the border especially on such a sensitive issue as this.
  Please keep this site neutral and do not allow it to get embroiled in other peoples politics.
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- Allan Giles
  
  Restorative Justice
  
  6 February 2008 - 19:16
  Having just spent a day at a Restorative Practices (Approaches) course, this video really helps show the practicalities of operating the approach.
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- Olive2007
  
  Two Schools
  
  30 January 2008 - 12:04
  Excellent, Very heart-rending. Somewhat breaking the censorship.
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- jennysinclair
  
  Two Schools
  
  25 January 2008 - 09:25
  excellent story/visuals...would be good to see other perspectives too:-)
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- phalliday
  
  Two schools of Nablus under seige
  
  24 January 2008 - 06:55
  Brilliant - this really brings home what life for students in Palestine must be like.
  
  Peter Halliday
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