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Emory: Students Experience Israel Firsthand over Break
by Erika Rao
 Five Emory students spent 10 days of their winter break in Israel on a program intended to give U.S. student leaders a deeper understanding of modern Israeli culture. The trip was organized by the national Hillel organization and was divided into different tracks to correspond with students’ interests. Lesley Patterson, Amir Pelleg and Lauren Skiba went on the Advanced Advocacy track, which focused on Israeli policy and U.S.-Israeli relations. Joel Frankel went on the Business and Technology track, and Anita Schmidt, president of Hillel, went on a track about Jewish pluralism. (Emory Wheel)
Emory: Israeli Reality TV Show Winner Comes to Campus
by Allison Pennock
 Eytan Swartz, an Israeli man who won an “Apprentice”-style European reality show came to Emory to talk about the “fun, human and young” side of his country. "We Israelis are obsessed with our image,” Swartz said. “On many college campuses, being pro-Israel isn’t cool. Three or four Palestinian students can turn campuses anti-Israel simply by confusing the truth of what is really happening there.” (Emory Wheel)
London University: Merrill Lynch Withdraws Support of Event
by Jonny Paul
 Merrill Lynch has pulled its sponsorship from an event discussing the Palestinian elections because of the participation of a Hamas supporter who condones suicide bombing. The event, entitled "the Palestinian Elections and their Consequences," was held at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies. Scheduled to speak at the event was Dr. Azzam Tamimi, who, in November 2004, made it clear in a BBC interview that he was a Hamas supporter who does not recognize Israel's right to exist. (Jerusalem Post)
'Boycott Israel' Forum Held in London
by Jonny Paul
A forum entitled "Why we must boycott apartheid
Israel" was held at the University of London's student union to tie in
with the trial at Uxbridge Magistrate's Court of seven activists
accused of blockading the UK offices of Agrexco, an Israeli
agricultural export company, in 2004. (Jerusalem Post)
Northwestern: Professor Backs Denial of Holocaust by Iran Chief
by Jodi S. Cohen
 Engineering professor Arthur Butz said Friday that he agrees with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's remarks calling the Holocaust a "myth." Butz said his comments supporting the president recently were published by the English-language Tehran Times. "Butz's most recent invective demonstrates the power of hate to rally extremists, anti-Semites and Holocaust deniers out from under their rocks throughout the world," said Richard Hirschhaut, of the Holocaust Foundation of Illinois. (Chicago Tribune)
Rutgers: Pro-Palestinian Activist Convicted of Pie Attack on Israeli Leader
 A pro-Palestinian activist was convicted last week on charges of throwing a pie in the face of an Israeli official when he appeared at Rutgers University. Abe Greenhouse was found guilty in South Brunswick Municipal Court of "tumultuous behavior" and fined $200 for shoving a pie in the face of Israeli Cabinet Minister Natan Sharansky as he was about to address 500 people on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick on Sept. 18, 2003. (Star-Ledger)
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Georgetown: Students React to Hamas
by Kent Elliott
 The controversy emanating from Hamas’ stunning victory over the long dominant Fatah party in Palestine’s parliamentary election has stirred the charged campus discussion on the Middle East conflict. “A two-state solution is the only viable peaceful resolution and with Hamas in power it makes it difficult to negotiate,” Greg Goldberg, president of Georgetown-Israel Alliance, said. “Hamas needs to renounce terror, lay down its arms, and recognize Israel’s right to exist so peace talks can commence once more.” (Georgetown Voice)
Guilford College: Students Say Hamas Could Become More Moderate
by Margaret Moffett Banks
 On this point, all sides agreed: Palestinians should be proud they had a free election last month. But the result of that election, a victory for the militant Hamas party, was open to interpretation. About 75 students and faculty members gathered last week at Guilford College for a roundtable discussion on the recent Palestinian elections. Panelists included two rabbis and four Palestinian students from the West Bank town of Ramallah. (News-Record)
Minnesota: Palestinian Election Raises Varying Opinions
by Elizabeth Giorgi
 Last week’s Palestinian parliament election presents potential victories and failures for relations in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The results of the election have led to global shock as Hamas won an overwhelmingly large proportion of the available seats. “The Palestinian society is not (yet) a democratic society," said Israeli graduate student Itai Himelboim. "One cannot expect democratic procedures, such as elections, to make miracles.” (Minnesota Daily)
Northern Illinois: Hamas Landslide Win Shocks Gaza Native
by Rasmieyh Abdelnabi
 "As a secular woman, I am for the separation of mosque and state," Orayb Najjar, associate journalism professor said. "I am very uncomfortable having Hamas in control of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Women's Affairs." For the first time in Palestinian history, men and women voters organized themselves in separate lines as opposed to one unisex line, she said. (Northern Star)
Purdue: Students Reflect on Palestinian Elections
by Sarah Michalos
 The recent election in Palestine that thrust the Hamas political party into power has evoked mixed feelings among Purdue students. Jennifer Harmless, president of the Israel Council at Purdue, said the election of Hamas will hinder the peace process. "The fact that they refuse to negotiate with Israel and that without negotiation there can't be a peace process is something that is really sad," she said. (Exponent)
Technion: Israel Can Accommodate 10 Million People, Prof Says
by Janice Arnold
 Israel’s population could reach 10 million without compromising quality of life if the Jewish state institutes appropriate housing and land policies, says Professor Rachelle Alterman, one of the country’s most influential regional and urban planners. Alterman is the first incumbent of the David J. Azrieli chair in architecture and town planning at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. She was in Montreal for the recent Israel University Fair. (Canadian Jewish News)
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