May 18, 2007

Universities in Israel Are Shut Down as Student Strike Continues

By MATTHEW KALMAN

Jerusalem

University campuses across Israel were chained shut last week as students intensified their protest, which moved into its fourth week, against proposed reforms in who pays for higher education.

Students held demonstrations in Beersheba, Haifa, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv.

In newspaper advertisements, the leaders of Israel's universities had urged students to end their strike and threatened to cancel academic credit for the semester

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