Universities slam Belgian refusal to evacuate Gaza students

Universities slam Belgian refusal to evacuate Gaza students Belgium's top universities condemned on Monday the government's refusal to help 13 students from war-torn Gaza, who received scholarships at Belgian universities, reach the country. Brussels set aside plans to evacuate the Palestinian students last week in a case that has split the coalition government. The rectors of the European country's top 10 universities expressed their "dismay" at the move in a letter, accusing the administration of using the studen