The Chronicle: U.S. Revokes Visas for 3 Palestinian Fulbright Scholars
The State Department has abruptly revoked the visas of three Palestinian Fulbright Scholarship recipients just two months after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice intervened personally with Israeli officials to ensure that the three scholars, along with four other Fulbright awardees, would be able to study at American universities.
One of the three arrived last week in the United States after being assured that his visa was in order, only to be asked to leave the country on the next flight. The students, all residents of the Gaza Strip, were awarded the prestigious grants financed by the U.S. government but were then notified in May that the scholarships were being withdrawn because Israeli army policies restricting movement from Gaza meant that the money would go to waste (The Chronicle, June 13).
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