Pro-Hamas students holed up on West Bank campus ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Mohammed Daraghmeh - May 23, 2012 - 12:00am BIR ZEIT, West Bank — 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. » Read more

Hamas-Run Schools Set Out to Teach ‘the Language of the Enemy’ ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - May 22, 2012 - 12:00am GAZA — There are few electives in the Hamas-run high schools here. Students can study health and the environment, or they can learn French. And, starting this fall at some schools, they will be able to sign up for a new course called Know Your Enemy. » Read more