January 12, 2007
Israel's Court Rejects Ban on Palestinian Students
Israel's Supreme Court has rejected the government's policy of prohibiting Palestinian university students from entering Israel and has given authorities 60 days to submit a list of criteria for granting visas to such students.
The government had defended its unilateral ban, arguing that it would be impossible to conduct a security check on every student seeking to enter Israel.
The ruling came last month in a lawsuit filed on behalf of Sawsan Salameh, a 29-year-old Palestinian
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