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Kataeb Students Rally in Beirut
Hundreds of students from the Lebanese Kataeb Party led a march through downtown Beirut last week to protest their growing frustration with the current March 8th government.
The students presented a list of ten demands to the Hezbollah-controlled government and allege that government infractions are rampant and widespread. The allegations include illegal construction, illegal development of communications networks, illegal acquirement land and controlling
Watan Movement…A Sustained Success
Watan student movement has been created three years ago and works at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Watan works to serve the interests of the Arab [singlepic id=176 w=320 h=240 float=right] students in the Hebrew University and several other faculties in the city.
The movement does not hold a specified political program regarding the Israeli Palestinian conflict and leaves the political opinion to be chosen by its
Arab Students Demonstrate at the Hebrew University
In the last couple of days the Hebrew University campus in Jerusalem witnessed several demonstrations made by the Arab [singlepic id=151 w=320 h=240 float=right] students movements. The Arab movements Aljabha, tajamo, Abnaa albalad, Watan, Ikra and Alreslaeh called the students to participate in a demonstration which was made last Tuesday to demonstrate against Israel’s policy in East Jerusalem.
Is Democracy a Right for Everyone?
A few days ago two Arab students Ali Bhar and Nasser Odeh that study in the Hebrew university of Jerusalem were punished and humiliated because they refused to shake hands with the Israeli president Shimon Perez. The students were stopped by the security of the president and the university. Two days after the accident Ali’s dorms were searched and he was demanded to leave the dorms. According to the university Ali is to leave the dorms because he kept a nargilah (an Arab traditional smoking pipe) inside it.
