Israel 'stalling Gaza rebuilding'
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American consular officials drove from Jerusalem to the Gazan border on Thursday in an unusual effort to interview three Gazan Fulbright scholars who Israel says are too dangerous to allow into the country. (article 1)
Using a portable fingerprinting machine flown in from Washington for the interviews, the Americans were seeking to expedite the granting of study visas to the three scholars, despite Israeli concerns. (article 1)
The scholars, all former students or teaching assistants at the Islamic University of Gaza, a stronghold of the radical Hamas group that runs Gaza, were among seven winners of Fulbright grants in the territory. (article 1)
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a Palestinian militant group, says three of its members have been detained by the larger rival group Hamas. (article 2)
The detentions are the first since Hamas, which controls Gaza, agreed a ceasefire with Israel last month aimed at easing an Israeli blockade. (article 2)
Vital reconstruction in Gaza is being stalled because Israel is not allowing in enough supplies, UN Middle East special envoy Robert Serry has warned. (article 4)
Among the projects the UN is waiting to restart are a new housing scheme for the homeless and a project to stop sewage being pumped onto Gazan beaches. (article 4)
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Source articles
- U.S. Tries to Help 3 Scholars Barred From Leaving Gaza (nytimes.com, 07/11/2008, 621 words)
- Hamas arrests Gaza rocket squad (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 213 words)
- Nicholas D. Kristof (kristof.blogs.nytimes.com, 07/11/2008, 988 words)
- Israel 'stalling Gaza rebuilding' (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 185 words)
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