[AP/International Herald Tribune] A two-year master's degree program in Israel studies at Al Quds University in the West Bank, which has 120 students, is the brainchild of the school's president, Sari Nusseibeh. Rasha Rabaieh, a veiled 23-year-old from Bethlehem, said her studies have dispelled some of her animosity. "I had an image of Israel as an enemy, but now I feel less hatred," she said. Another student, Mohammed Ilias, who spent 15 years in an Israeli prison, said he wanted to learn how Palestinians can replicate Israel's successes.
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