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Turks to Establish ‘Peace University’
200 160 Ercan Yavuz, Ankara

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=127371 Turkey, which recently got Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to shake hands in its capital, has plans to open a university in Jerusalem that would appeal to both Israeli and Palestinian students — another step to make a peaceful future possible in the Middle East. The idea of a university…

Arab Lecturer Refuses to Teach Rservist
150 150 Shmulik Hadad

Student wearing IDF uniform arrives at Sapir College following long army reserve service, ordered to leave classroom. Students say lecturer told reservist, ‘I don’t teach soldiers, policemen and officers in uniform’. College president: Student’s version sounds reliable; we will draw our conclusions A cinematography student at the Sapir College, who entered his classroom wearing an…

Professor Resigns Abruptly
150 150 Jennifer Easton

http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2007/11/15/News/Professor.Resigns.Abruptly-3103850.shtml A visiting political science professor told her Arab-Israeli Conflict class Tuesday she plans to resign from teaching the course for the remainder of the semester, according to students in the class. Chris Deering, chair of the political science department, would not confirm if Hanna Diskin, a visiting professor from Hebrew University in Tel Aviv,…

Academic Convicted in Hamas Bankrolling Case
150 150 SPME

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1195546693204&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull A former professor accused of providing money to Hamas terrorists was sentenced Wednesday to more than 11 years in prison and fined $5,000 for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury. Abdelhaleem Ashqar, a former associate professor of business at Washington’s Howard University, showed no emotion as US District Judge Amy St. Eve…