> As the Hamas leadership pointed out, this objective failed.
Israel's objective from day one has not been to expel Hamas from Gaza (that's virtually impossible), but to remove it from power. And if the rumors about the ceasefire are true (and if the ceasefire is going to be respected), that's what's going to happen.
The Shanghai Rankings are about research more than teaching. I don't know in other EU countries, but in Germany and in France almost all of the research is done by public institutions unaffiliated with universities (Max Planck Society, CNRS...).