Ashrawi outlines peace agenda

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Professor Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian higher education minister, speaks in the week after the unrest which arose as a response to the opening of the new gate to the Hasmonean Tunnel in Jerusalem in September 1996. She describes the current situation of Palestinian students and academics and outlines the Palestinian agenda for peace. Many Palestinian students were killed or injured and there are restrictions on mobility and access. Academics articulate the will of the people for peace in newspapers and attempt to re-establish discussions for peace.

Political activity, Interview, Palestinian Arabs, Ashrawi, Hanan

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Scholar says boycotting Israel will not help restore Palestinian rights

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Restoration of Palestinian rights would be threatened by academic boycotts of Israel, according to Munther Dejani, political science and diplomact professor at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, speaking on behalf of Sari Nusseibeh, Al-Quds president. Munther Dejani has said that he is committed to academic cooperation.

Israel, Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Palestine, Civil Rights, Political aspects, West Bank

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Israel's open door proposal opposed

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The Israeli finance ministry has proposed that admission to the first year of university be open to all matriculated students, whose grades at the end of their first year would then govern if they stay in the university or not. Higher education officials are opposed to the proposal.

College admissions

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