December 18, 1998

Israeli Students End Strike Without Winning a Decrease in Tuition Rates

By HAIM WATZMAN

Following a six-week national strike that delayed the start of the academic year, students in Israel returned to their classrooms under protest last week as leaders of the boycott acknowledged their failure to win a tuition reduction from the government.

At the same time, the Cabinet of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unilaterally approved the tentative agreement that he had reached with student leaders one week earlier. That pact

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