“I’m happy to say that we have learned that this issue has now been resolved,” Nuland said.
Mahmoud Amara, a Palestinian principal of the Friends School, said the rare two-week delay affected his students’ ability to apply for American universities. He said U.S. officials told them the delay was because the exams arrived during a series of Jewish holidays, when Israeli customs offices were closed.
The SAT college admissions exams are administered in the West Bank by Amideast, an American non-profit.
A Harvard University publication had reported that the non-profit cancelled the exams in the West Bank.
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