A Gaza Student's Plight
The case of a student from Gaza is drawing attention -- in Israel and elsewhere -- to the difficulties that Israel's limits on travel for those in Gaza are creating for those seeking a higher education. A story in The Washington Post explores the situation Berlanty Azzam found herself in. She was studying at Bethlehem University on the West Bank -- without permission to be there and rather than in Gaza. Stopped in a routines security check, she was deported back to Gaza and barred from returning even though she had no history of breaking any laws and was only two months away from earning her bachelor's degree. The university and the U.S. State Department have been making inquiries on her behalf. On Thursday, Israel's Supreme Court ordered the Defense Ministry to hold a hearing on her case next week.
