[WCUSP] good news

[yvonne simmons]

The State Department finally asked Israel to allow
students from Gaza to get to their universities
abroad.  We will see how hard they push this.  It came
from being asked by lots of groups about an article
that appeared in NY Times about the State Department
withdrawing Fullbright Grants from Gaza students
because they "would be prevented from leaving by
Israel".  The lessons from this story is that a) it is
worthwhile pressuring mainstream media to publish
stories of the persistent human rights violations, and
b) it is worthwhile for organizations and individuals
to challenge administrations (this applies whether it
is a Clinton, Bush, or Obama administration).

Good news: U.K. academic union moves to consider
boycott of Israeli academia
http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/988087.html