   
Israel's newest 'university' to ensure illegal settlement "will forever remain part of the state of Israel."
Report, Right to Education Campaign, 25 January 2010
On Wednesday, Ehud Barak, the Israeli defence minister, announced the implementation of a five year old government decision that upgrades Ariel College to university status. Now known as "Ariel University Centre of Samaria", the facility is located in a West Bank settlement which is considered illegal under international law. 
Meet a young Palestinian man who cannot leave Gaza to accept his scholarships
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, 8 July 2009
Meet Hazem Abukash, a 24 year old Palestinian who wishes to get his PhD in Communications and Computer engineering by the time he is 30. He is highly intelligent, having received scholarships from universities in China, Malaysia, Jordan and Europe. He has been stopped at the border or in Egypt or Israel four times. His story begins with his winning a Chinese scholarship, then it akes 3 months for him to get permission to travel, and when he gets to the border he learns the Chinese have cancelled the scholarship. The ongoing Israeli blockade of the Gaza strip has left hundreds of Palestinian students trapped inside Gaza unable to take up their places at universities abroad.
Meet a young Palestinian woman who cannot leave Gaza to accept her scholarship
Philip Weiss, Mondoweiss, 8 July 2009
Meet Summer Abu Zayd, a 23 year old graduate of Al-Aqsa University is trapped Gaza, unable to accept any of the scholarships she has won to study at universities abroad, due to the ongoing Israeli blockade on the Gaza strip.
American teacher at Birzeit denied academic freedom
R2E Campaign, Birzeit University , 5 May 2009
Julie Dylan is one of the many international teachers working at universities throughout the oPt who are reliant on three-month tourist visas in order to continue teaching here. Israel controls the borders and population register of the oPt and therefore has de facto control over who has access to teach, study or work at Birzeit University. Cases of deportations, denials of entry and denials of visa renewals for international passport holders have increased dramatically since 2006. Julie was once deported in 2008, and constantly runs the risk of being deported again, putting her in a very stressful situation.
Palestinian Student's Heartfelt Letter to Obama
Meryll Ann Butler, OpEd News, 3 May 2009
An instructor at Birzeit University - the most prestigious university in Palestine - recently gave a class of English students an intriguing assignment: after they had researched President Obama's foreign policy on the Middle East, they were to compose a letter to him.
Set My People Free! Prison Bars Don't Hold Back Education: A Bethlehem University student returns
R2E Campaign, Bethlehem University , 2 April 2009
Samer Khalil is among the oldest undergraduate students at Bethlehem University, but it wasn't his choice to postpone his education. He was taken prisoner by the Israelis in 2003, just months before he was supposed to graduate, and he was only released late last year.
Senior Student succeeds where her family cannot
R2E Campaign, Bethlehem University , 19 February 2009
Merna Al-Azzeh is one of Bethlehem University's brightest students. She will graduate this year with honours, despite four years of tremendous hardship due to the Israeli occupation.
Swallowing the Pain
Dema El Hellou, Student, Bethlehem University, 9 February 2009
This is a personal story written by Dema El Hellou, a senior student at Bethlehem University, in which she recounts an incident at Qalandiya checkpoint which took place during her last year at high school.
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