PALESTINIAN UNIVERSITIES ARE ONCE AGAIN UNDER ATTACK.

Palestinian universities are under attack once again.

Students gathered for student council elections at Birzeit University near Ramallah, the West Bank.

Later this month, the Israeli authorities are expected to put into effect a 97-page ordinance, called Procedure for Entry and Residence for Foreigners in Judea and Samaria Area (PDF), which would grant the Israeli Ministry of Defence and thus, the military, absolute power to determine how many and which foreign academics and students can visit, study or work at all 15 Palestinian universities and colleges in the West Bank.