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R2E comments on position of European Union on Gaza students

Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Louisa Morgantini, raised important questions to the Council of the European Union about their...
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Denying Gaza’s students visas smacks of ‘collective punishment’

WHEN THE Israeli government some weeks ago denied permission to seven Fulbright scholars to leave Gaza to take up their scholarships...
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“We are under siege”

Conal Urquhart reports from Bir Zeit University on the West Bank, where moves to discuss an academic boycott of Israel have been...
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Palestinian Professor Sami Al-Arian speaks out from prison

Sami Al-Arian has been in prison for the past four years. The Palestinian professor and activist was found not guilty over a year ago...
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American Politicians, Israeli Critics, and Palestinian Textbooks

In May 2005, Senator Hillary Clinton reiterated her denunciation of what she considers incitement and anti-Semitism in Palestinian...
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Supporting Women in Education

Women's education is under serious threat in Palestine, says Dr Hala Attalah Scholarship Fund co-ordinator Bassma Khoury.The only way...
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Life Under Occupation: Al Arian Trial Update

On July 23, a Palestine-based committee for the support of Dr. Sami Al-Arian, a former professor at the University of South Florida,...
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A Day in Birzeit

Mazin Qumsiyeh writes on the trials of daily life in Palestine and the frustration caused by the injustice of the occupation.
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Eyewitness to War Crimes

Anita Abdullah, Birzeit University, 3 December 2002 "All of a sudden, the soldier started sniping at them and within seconds we saw...
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When the Curfew is Lifted

Tania Nasir, Birzeit University, 6 July 2002 After frustratingly waiting for days on end, I set off from my home in Birzeit heading...
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