PALESTINIANS CAPABLE TO RUN GOVERNMENT AFTER ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE
Jakarta, 6 Dzulhijja 1435/30 September 2014 (MINA) – Palestinians are confident that they have enough capabilities to run its government if one day in the near future they get the independence.
“We have prepared our human resources with proper education to set up our government after we achieve independence one day. We have many scientists and experts in many aspects and fields of knowledge,” Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia Fariz Mehdawi told Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) in an exclusive in Jakarta, Tuesday.
Mehdawi stated the main obstacle to Palestinians now is that they still live under the occupation. “ Now, we still in Israeli occupation. That’s why we cannot do much more to our people,” he added.
The ambassador also stated that Palestine has good potentials in cultures, arts, sport, even governance management. “In many European and American countries, there are many Palestinians who become the experts in various fields of works,” the ambassador explained.
In the field of technology, Palestinians have been applying in its governance. “In the releasing visas for example, Palestine has installed an electronic system in various countries. It is the prove that we can run our government,” he claimed.
One of Palestinian experts is Abeer Mashni. She works with the German Society for International Cooperation on a joint civic education project between the Ministry of Local Government and Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
Ms. Mashni is an expert on the security sector, having worked with the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces where she authored Palestinian Women and Security: A Legal Collection and with the Birzeit University Institute of Law as the civil society outreach consultant on their security sector reform project.
Ms. Mashni is actively engaged in civil society as a member of the Union of Agricultural Workers Committees, a founder and board member of the Chevening Alumni Association in Palestine, and a volunteer coordinator facilitating twinning between French and Palestinian municipalities.
She is also a lecturer in the Faculty of Law and Public Administration at Birzeit University. Ms. Mashni has presented papers and public lectures on state-building and local government at conferences around the world. She received her master’s degree in law from the University of Lumière Lyon, her bachelor’s degree in English Literature in Language from Bethlehem University, and is a PhD candidate at Sorbonne-Pantheon University in Paris.
There are 13 universities in Palestine that have high rank among Arab universities . They are An-Najah National University (Nablus), Birzeit University (Birzeit), Al-Quds University (Al Quds), Bethlehem University (Bethlehem), The Islamic University of Gaza (Gaza), Hebron University (Hebron), Arab American University (Jenin), Palestine Polytechnic University (Hebron), Al-Azhar University-Gaza (Gaza City), University College of Applied Sciences (Gaza), University of Palestine (Al Zahra City), and Palestine Technical College (Deir El-Balah)
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Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)
