This is Zionism: "In fact, about 1,000 students here annually get places in foreign universities. And those now facing deep disappointment since Israel's draconian closure after the Hamas takeover last June include many with visas and places at EU or even US universities. Israel has made it clear that "a few exceptions" have been allowed when their cases have been heavily promoted by, and their courses are in, what the Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, in a candid letter to a Knesset member called "friendly countries", and only when they have "recognised scholarships"."