Universities are discouraging North Americans from studying in Israel, the presidents of three major Jewish studies groups said. Leaders of Jewish scholar groups called on U.S. universities to remove obstacles and penalties obstructing Israel study. Some universities halted their study-in-Israel programs after the State Department. issued a travel advisory for the Jewish state in 2000 because of the Palestinian intifada.
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