The American nonprofit Amideast had awarded the students special scholarships for the program .
In 2011 the PCHR criticized a decision by Hamas prohibiting a group of seven high school students from leaving Gaza in order to spend a year studying in the United States .
The United States nonprofit Amideast had awarded the students special scholarships for the program .
In 2011 the PCHR criticized a decision by Hamas prohibiting a group of seven high school students from leaving Gaza in order to spend a year studying in the United States .