The annual QS rankings place six Israeli universities in the global top 1,000, with gains for Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University and the Technion. Jerusalem's Al-Quds University emerges as the highest-ranked Palestinian institution

While Tel Aviv University has improved its ranking in recent years, in years gone by it would regularly appear in the world's top 200 universities.

The annual QS rankings place six Israeli universities in the global top 1,000, with gains for Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University and the Technion. Jerusalem's Al-Quds…