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Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/07/israel-gaza-my.html
Gazans: Egypt Blocks Students from Studying Overseas
[Los Angeles Times ] Ashraf Khalil - Bitterness toward Egypt for keeping the border closed was particularly acute among the university students I interviewed who could lose scholarships and chances to study overseas if they can't get out of Gaza. Every year Egypt lets in thousands of Israeli tourists, they told me. Senior Hamas leaders seemingly come and go from Cairo every week, but not a few hundred graduate students. "Egypt could fix this in two days," one student said.