The Fulbright Seven

In a follow-up to the previous posts I made concerning the Fulbright grantees from Gaza, the seven Gazan students will now be allowed to study in the United States as Fulbright grantees. Both the Israeli and United States Governments have reviewed the cases at the senior administrative levels and have reversed earlier decisions. I found the following New York Times brief editorial on the situation to be interesting: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/opinion/08sun3.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin.

Court tells Israel to review Gaza student travel

For those of you who have been following the recent news of Israel’s refusal to allow Palestinian students to leave Gaza to study abroad in the United Kingdom, Germany and in the United States on a Fulbright (now reinstated by the State Department after initially withdrawing the awards), an article published by Reuters yesterday provides an update as the Israeli Supreme Court has now weighed in. You can read more here: http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSL02404231