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U.S. Withdraws Fulbright Grants to Palestinians in Gaza
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JERUSALEM (CNN) The U.S. government has taken Fulbright scholarships away from eight students in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, citing Israeli travel restrictions imposed on the Hamas-ruled zone, a U.S. official said Friday. (article 5)
The scholarships, which bring international students to the United States to study at American universities, will be given to students in the West Bank, said Stacey Barrios (article 5)
U.S. diplomats had told the students the deferments were necessary because Israel would not grant an exception to its near-total travel ban on Palestinians living in the sealed-off Gaza Strip. (article 2)
In at least one respect, George W. Bush's presidency is closing out like Bill Clinton's in pursuit of that most elusive of U.S. foreign policy goals, a peace agreement ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (article 14)
Anav Silverman, a young Israeli woman who works in Sderot and Mona Yousef exchange their third and final letters via the BBC website. (article 12)
South African Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu is on a UN fact-finding mission to Gaza, focusing on the deaths of Palestinians caused by Israeli fire. (article 10)
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GAZA, Israel, Israeli, Palestinian, Fulbright |
Source articles
- Israel Denies Fulbright Scholars Exit Visas (ABCNews, 05/30/2008, 788 words)
- US predicts Israel will relent on Gaza students (Washington Post, 05/30/2008, 401 words)
- U.S. Withdraws Fulbright Grants to Palestinians in Gaza (nytimes.com, 05/30/2008, 740 words)
- body {background:#FFFFFF} (L.A. Times, 05/30/2008, 931 words)
- U.S. cancels Fulbright scholarships for Gaza students (CNN, 05/30/2008, 465 words)
- U.S. presses Israel on Gaza students' exit visas (Washington Post, 05/30/2008, 522 words)
- US withdraws scholarships from 8 Palestinians (Washington Post, 05/29/2008, 189 words)
- Gaza students denied by blockade (BBC News, 05/30/2008, 560 words)
- Tutu: Gaza blockade abomination (BBC News, 05/29/2008, 307 words)
- Tutu investigates Gaza shelling (BBC News, 05/28/2008, 288 words)
- Charity, Ariel Sharon, Bethlehem (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) - (baltimoresun.com, 05/31/2008, 200 words)
- Sderot and Gaza: third letters (BBC News, 05/30/2008, 1095 words)
- New type of migrant settles in Sderot (BBC News, 05/29/2008, 620 words)
- Bush trip to Israel may be step to peace... (suntimes.com, 05/30/2008, 452 words)
- Los Angeles Times (L.A. Times, 05/28/2008, 946 words)
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