Abstract

The Palestinian student movements, and since its establishment has played a significant role and considered as a powerful lever for national initiatives and students especially in the Palestinian universities. The influence of the Palestinian student movement has extended its scope from focusing purely on university students to reach to overall Palestinian community including the cultural, religious, national as well as politics aspects. The student movement represents a hippocampal shield for the Palestinian, the students. This paper sheds light on the emergence of the Islamic students sector in Palestine, which has shaped after the opening of Palestinian universities in 1978. The paper as well shows the justifications which Al-kotla alislamiya was established for such as; the religious, the national and the political function. The paper also shows five important stations through the history of Al-kotla i.e. (the establishment and identity affirmation phase, the first intifada phase, The Oslo agreements, the second intifada and the Palestinian division in 2007. In addition, this paper presents the workflows which al-kotla al-islamiya adopted to achieve their goals such as; the religious, the national, the services and the unions workflows and others.