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...From the planning perspective, none of the circumstances on the ground changed significantly in either direction during the past week,” Simon said, explaining that the conditions neither improved enough to reassure the students, nor deteriorated so as to make the trip unsafe. “We still feel and we are confident that we could have had a safe and secure and educationally rich program...
...Simon said that the decision to postpone the trip came after discussions with the students and staff from Harvard and Yale involved in Netivot, as well as communication with Israel’s Nesiya Institute, a Jewish leadership program with offices in New York and Jerusalem...
...very difficult and wrenching decision,” Simon said. “But we obviously could not run our program without its key component: the student participants...
...Simon stressed that Hillel is already beginning to plan for a Netivot trip to Israel in the winter...
...Simon, who is in Israel now, was originally planning to use his time there to lay the final groundwork for this summer’s trip, but now he will begin efforts to remap Netivot’s itinerary and modify the trip for this winter. Because of Harvard’s winter recess schedule, it is unlikely students will be able to go to Israel for three weeks, so some adjustments will have to be made...