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The Bush administration predicted Friday that Israel will soon allow select Palestinian scholars to leave the besieged Gaza Strip to study under the prestigious Fulbright scholarship program.There was no immediate announcement from Israel about the...
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AP, Gaza City
Three Fulbright scholars from Gaza appealed to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday to reissue their entry visas, denying they were security threats.
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AP, Washington
The United States has revoked the visas of three Palestinian Fulbright scholars whose cases were taken up personally by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after Israel...
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AP, Erez Crossing
U.S. consular officials have traveled to the Gaza border to process the visa applications of three Palestinians who nearly lost their Fulbright scholarships because...
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AP, Jerusalem
Israel allowed four Palestinian Fulbright scholars to travel to Jerusalem to apply for U.S. student visas but delayed permission for three others to leave the Gaza...
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AP, Jerusalem
The U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem is working to get seven Gaza students out of the blockaded territory to pursue their Fulbright scholarship studies, a human rights group...
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AP, Washington
The Bush administration predicted Friday that Israel will reverse its decision to deny visas to Palestinian students from the Gaza Strip whom the U.S. government had...
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AP, Washington
The United States is urging Israel to provide visas for eight Gazan recipients of the prestigious Fulbright scholarships.State Department spokesman Tom Casey says the...
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AP, Reykjavik
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she was surprised to learn that the State Department had yanked Fulbright scholarships from eight Palestinian students from...
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AP, Gaza City
Hadeel Abu Kawik was supposed to spend next year in the United States on the prestigious Fulbright scholarship program, but now it appears she will remain trapped in...
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The State Department has yanked Fulbright scholarships from eight Palestinian students from the West Bank because Israel will not grant them exit visas, a spokesman...
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Erez Border Crossing:
Palestinian Fulbright scholars Zuhair Abu Shaaban, 24, right, Fidaa Abed 23, left, and Osama Daoud, 25, wait to cross the Erez Border crossing between Israel and Gaza Strip in order to meet U.S. consular officials at the Israeli side of the border,...
