US Residency Requirement Item

The US Jerusalem Consulate sponsors many programs and among them is this one:

Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES)

it seeks "Palestinian secondary school students" in order to get them to participate in a study-in-the-USA initiative for high school students during the 2018-2019 school year.

And where do these students live?  See the second green-outlined box below:

That pretty much excludes thousands of Jews, it would seem.  

Jews cannot be "Palestinians"?

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