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Israeli border officials harass, summon Bethlehem University professor (formerly of Yale) for interrogation

Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, professor at Bethlehem and Birzeit University, recorded a video taping his treatment on the border, coming from...
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Jul 30, 2010

Israeli education discrimination against Palestinian East Jerusalem

Palestinian East Jerusalem lacks public educational facilities and many classrooms are cramped, according to a new report by Ir Amim,...
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Sep 05, 2009

Why Palestinians are calling for a boycott of Israeli universities

Palestinian academics have been heartened by the outpouring of solidarity with our people on the part of British academics and...
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May 26, 2009

BDS reaches the northern most univeristy in the world!

Twenty-one staff members of the University of Tromso (http://www2.uit.no/www/inenglish) have signed a call for boycott of all Israeli...
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May 05, 2009

Canadian Association of University Teachers on Gaza

The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is joining others in the international community in calling for an immediate...
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Jan 06, 2009

Open letter from the President of the Islamic University of Gaza

Open letter from Kamalain Shaath, President of the Islamic University of Gaza, calling for international support after the Israeli...
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Dec 30, 2008

Why would Israel bomb a university?-A professor reflects

Dr. Akram Habeeb, Assistant Professor of American Literature at the Islamic University of Gaza reflects on why Israel would bomb a...
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Dec 29, 2008

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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Dec 16, 2008

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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Jul 16, 2008

“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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Jun 20, 2007
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