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Gaza Fulbrights reinstated

The US State Department has reinstated the scholarships of seven Gaza Strip students.  Last Thursday the students were denied exit visas.  Israel's tight security makes it nearly impossible for any Gaza Strip resident to leave the territory.  However, there are “humanitarian” exceptions.  Israeli officials are now blaming the US for not requesting special exemptions for Fulbright scholars.   

 

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Nikolaj Nielsen

Nikolaj Nielsen has a Master's of Journalism and Media degree from a program partnership of three European universities - University of Arhus in Denmark, University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and Swansea University in Wales. His work has been published at Reuters AlertNet, openDemocracy.net, the New Internationalist and others.

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Torture; Women and Children; Asylum;

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