Students hold minute of silence for Palestinian casualties
Turkish students fell silent for one minute as a mark of respect to those Palestinians who lost their lives as part of the Israeli raids. At 11 a.m. yesterday, students across Turkey stood for a minute-long silence after a nationwide decree from the Ministry of Education.
                                                                                                                   

Minister of Education Hüseyin Çelik asked students to remember the Palestinian students and children who have lost their lives in the offensive that Israel began 17 days ago. The death toll had risen to more than 900 as of yesterday and includes at least 380 civilians.

Teachers told students that Palestinian children have no chance to go to warm homes and sleep well at night: "Even if it is just for one minute, we want to show them that we put ourselves in their place and we are at their side."

The ministry´s decree also indicated that a drawing competition with the topic of the "humanitarian drama in Palestine" will be open to students at primary and secondary schools to show solidarity with the Palestinian people.

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How wrong and annoying that is !!!

what would a jewish student among those kids would think?

how would they know what is a jew, who is a jew at that age etc..?

Thumbs up to all those who stand with the palestinian cause.

What is happening in Gaza these days is brutal and barbarian.

So was the bombing on Kana, etc etc etc...

Although I am not very interested in the political issues, but all those children and aged men and women should make anyone to stop and think...

and the ALL  LEADERS  should intervene to make it stop.

I agree mostly with what you are saying but I find all those childeren MADE to do this ´in a compulsary fashion´ quite wrong..

Hi, im from Israel.

I just wanted to remind you all the turks who judje Israel badly because of this situation, about the Armenians.

Many talk too much about Israel and how bad we are, but you dont even know our side of the story, and most of you dont even want to hear. and you forgot what YOU did to the Armenians!

Our hospitals accept and want to help injured people from Gaza, and we help most of them! why no one cares about that?

Everyone judje just by what they watch on TV, havent you noticed that sometimes they tell lies? even about you? what about the Hamas killing us? no one heard of that, for sure!

Before you judje, know what you judje, know both sides of the story... and it´s not that hard, im sure there are many Israelis on the net to explain you whats going on in here.

Im sad for both of the sides. sad about all the innocent people that died from our fire and Hamas´s fire.

Salam aleikum!

שלום עלינו!

 How wrong and annoying to pay respect to children/students who got/get killed there ?!!!

Ý guess the normal thing anyone jew/muslim/christian/..whatever to think its wrong to kill children

Ýf jew student think its ok...i guess the problem would be within him!

The problem is not the jews attack the Palestinians,its israel attacking them !

From the report i saw in the news,they also tell the historical backgrounds of the problem,so they would understand what is going on and why.

All my respect to the The Turkish Ministry of Education.

We havent done it here!

Although students did it by themselves. 

I hope it won´t come to a situation which teach all these children to hate us just because of our nationality. its WRONG to teach children to hate, what about peace?

no one has chosen to be born as he is! whats the difference between you and me? bwe are all human, and im sure most of us want to live their lives peacefully.

Actually hadar,killing them and their families,then treat them in your hospitals ...doesnt count!

Ým sorry,but you surely doesnt expect anyone to appreciate that you ´army´ burn those people then offer to cure them !

they hold minute`s silence at my school for those who died in the world trade center? what would muslim students think? your argument is as absurd as this one. what do Jews have to do with what Israel does?

I dont think you do get it!!

What do you expect a child THINK at that age looking at those pictures?

What if there is a jewish child among them?

Look at their age!!.

All the world know both sides of the story. your terrorist country have been firing the middle east for 61 years by help of US, f.cking arab kings and UN.  dont be martry here. i am sad for all innocent people too.. but  i wonder how many innocent israel people have been died in  last one year. you should wonder what have made Hamas attack you. and you should wonder if your country obeyed the rules of truce? i personally see every israeli who went and deforced land of palestinian as an occupier. and i see UN that founded as an occupier. and i see British government that  gathered jews in Palestinian land as an occupier.  by the way thank you for accepting few injured people to your modern beautiful hospitals. how good your government is! We appreciate it. 

OMG ! I am so angry