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| By: israelinsider staff and partners |
| Published: May 2, 2005 |
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The Israeli government has approved the change in status of the College of Judea and Samaria in Ariel, to a university, by a 13-7 margin.
Ministers also unanimously approved the establishment of a university in the Galilee, which will be aided by a US$100 million dollar donation by businessman Arnon Milchan.
The vote regarding the Judea and Samaria College had caused a fierce debate between Likud Ministers and their Labor counterparts, who all voted against the change, except for Minister Dalia Itzik, who abstained.
Housing Minister Yitzhak Herzog said changing the status of the college would only harm Israeli efforts in the international academic arena. "It is a political act, not a social-educational decision," he said.
Another Labor Minister, Ophir Paz-Pines, said the idea to link the status change in Ariel to the establishment of a university in the Galilee was an attempt to create an unnecessary political balance.
Likud Minister Dani Naveh attacked Labor Ministers: "I thought Ariel was in the consensus, but Labor obviously demonstrated otherwise, showing it is willing to abandon Ariel."
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Ariel college becomes a university
- (Talya Halkin)
05.2.2005
Government OKs university in Ariel
- (Attila Somfalvi)
05.2.2005
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