Three Students Detained in Clashes with police in Rehovot Weizmann and Hebrew University area

[While] Gov't acts to end student strike, three detained in clashes with police in Rehovot. "If we agree to this," the official said, "an absurd situation would occur - a new student would pay a different, higher tuition fee than a student already enrolled, whose fee would stay the same. This is something we totally object to as higher education must be equal and made accessible to all."

Source: Camilla M. Butchins. Gov't acts to end student strike. Three detained in clashes with police in Rehovot. JPost.com (1 MAy 2007) [FullText]