Mid-East school of hard knocks celebrates

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An exceptional university’s remarkable 30th birthday set amidst "roadmap" deadlocks and violence is really something to celebrate, writes Michael Hirst.

As Bethlehem University enters is 30th year the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades intifada is in its third.

In the three years since the Palestinian uprising or intifada began, the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict has seen economies ruined, cities wrecked and about 3,000 people killed.