Pro-Hamas students holed up on West Bank campus By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH, Associated Press – 1 hour ago BIR ZEIT, West Bank (AP) — At 26, Saed Qasrawi is among the oldest students at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank.The leading Hamas activist has been enrolled for eight years, but he has been unable to complete his undergraduate engineering program because he keeps getting detained by Palestinian security forces before final exams.This year, Qasrawi and more than a dozen other supporters of the Islamic militant group tried a new tactic. Since May 5, they've remained on campus — a sanctuary considered off limits to the security forces — to evade arrest.Even with the tests over, the students are staying on, sleeping on mattresses in the ... Continue reading →
Pro-Hamas students holed up on West Bank campus By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH, Associated Press – 1 hour ago BIR ZEIT, West Bank (AP) — At 26, Saed Qasrawi is among the oldest students at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank.The leading Hamas activist has been enrolled for eight years, but he has been unable to complete his undergraduate engineering program because he keeps getting detained by Palestinian security forces before final exams.This year, Qasrawi and more than a dozen other supporters of the Islamic militant group tried a new tactic. Since May 5, they've remained on campus — a sanctuary considered off limits to the security forces — to evade arrest.Even with the tests over, the students are staying on, sleeping on mattresses in the ... Continue reading →
Pro-Hamas students holed up on West Bank campus By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH, Associated Press – 1 hour ago BIR ZEIT, West Bank (AP) — At 26, Saed Qasrawi is among the oldest students at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank.The leading Hamas activist has been enrolled for eight years, but he has been unable to complete his undergraduate engineering program because he keeps getting detained by Palestinian security forces before final exams.This year, Qasrawi and more than a dozen other supporters of the Islamic militant group tried a new tactic. Since May 5, they've remained on campus — a sanctuary considered off limits to the security forces — to evade arrest.Even with the tests over, the students are staying on, sleeping on mattresses in the ... Continue reading →
By Diaa Hadid, The Associated Press Updated: 12:59 p.m. BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) Supermodel Naomi Campbell celebrated her 42nd birthday on Tuesday with a trip to the birthplace of Jesus, wishing for "good vibrations, not destruction" in the troubled Middle East. Campbell, wearing a white shirt and black sunglasses, was flanked by Palestinian guards and her own private security detail as she toured the biblical town of Bethlehem. She lit candles in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, said Palestinian security officials. The church is built on the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born. The West Bank town is controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Israel has built a high concrete wall around most of the town to keep Palestinian militants, including suicide bombers, ... Continue reading →
By Diaa Hadid, The Associated Press Updated: 12:59 p.m. BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) Supermodel Naomi Campbell celebrated her 42nd birthday on Tuesday with a trip to the birthplace of Jesus, wishing for "good vibrations, not destruction" in the troubled Middle East. Campbell, wearing a white shirt and black sunglasses, was flanked by Palestinian guards and her own private security detail as she toured the biblical town of Bethlehem. She lit candles in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, said Palestinian security officials. The church is built on the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born. The West Bank town is controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Israel has built a high concrete wall around most of the town to keep Palestinian militants, including suicide bombers, ... Continue reading →
By Diaa Hadid, The Associated Press Updated: 12:59 p.m. BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) Supermodel Naomi Campbell celebrated her 42nd birthday on Tuesday with a trip to the birthplace of Jesus, wishing for "good vibrations, not destruction" in the troubled Middle East. Campbell, wearing a white shirt and black sunglasses, was flanked by Palestinian guards and her own private security detail as she toured the biblical town of Bethlehem. She lit candles in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, said Palestinian security officials. The church is built on the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born. The West Bank town is controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Israel has built a high concrete wall around most of the town to keep Palestinian militants, including suicide bombers, ... Continue reading →
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