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.