get this:  
a palestinian woman has won a scholarship to attend a university in east jerusalem and work on her PHD...
(which is, in fact, palestinain territory that has been "occupied" by isreal since 1967)

...but under the rules of "isreali occupation",
the isrealis have banned palestinians from even entering their own territory,
since 1967.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6177510.stm

--> so the woman went to an isreali court,
so she could get an exemption, and attend the palestinian university, on palestinian land..
AND SHE WON!  

(cool deal, right..?)  
(wrong.)

the judge is only letting her enter the area for 4 days a week, for six months.  period.
that means she's only been given six months to complete her PHD.
which is impossible (he should have just said NO)

Quote (Cobalt60 @ Nov. 24 2006, 11:47 am)

... the judge is only letting her enter the area for 4 days a week, for six months.  period. that means she's only been given six months to complete her PHD. which is impossible (he should have just said NO)

Ah, the PR of the empty gesture. It doesn't actually do anything, but now there's an example of "goodwill" and so on to point at.

*sigh* I hate the middle east's politics.

I'm all for enforcing international law and driving the IDF out of Palestinian and Lebanese territories, I mean, it's not like we did it in 1991 to another mid-east country... Oh wait, they dont really have any oil to offer us.

p.s:

for those who didn't read it because its "too long"..
..you just missed the best story I've got in my entire arsenal.

-=cheers=-

I read it and yes its a good story.

Same here.  
War sucks and always will suck.  Infact, people suck.

My grand parents escaped Nazi Germany, came to the US from Cuba in 1943. Their last name sounds Jewish but isn't, a big NO NO if your country was under Nazi occupation.