The University of Wisconsin this week became the first major public university to reinstate its study abroad program to Israel.

It had been among the scores of American universities that had suspended or revoked their Israel-based programs in 2001 and 2002 after a spate of suicide bombings and travel warnings.

UW officials said they decided to re-establish their longstanding presence at Hebrew University's Rothberg International School due to heightened security measures at the Jerusalem campus, fewer recent terrorist incidents in and around Jerusalem, and indications that the region's political climate is improving.

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