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2026 budget reading puts government at risk, after months of ideological sparring - analysis

If the vote is postponed, or if the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties choose not to support it and it falls, then for all intents and purposes the government will fall with it.

A PLENUM session at the Knesset.
 An IDF tank operates in the Gaza Strip. May 10, 2025.

Israel may find itself without electricity in critical sites during wartime, new study suggests

 University of Utah president Dr. Taylor Randall and Ariel University president Prof. Ehud Grossman at the after signing a five-year memorandum of understanding

University of Utah, Ariel University sign academic cooperation deal

 Professor Ehud Grossman, President of Ariel University in a one-on-one interview with Jerusalem Post editor-in-chief Zvika Klein

'Education is a major goal of my life'


US embassy keeps Ariel U. out of Obama visit

Bayit Yehudi's Chetboun says Obama's exclusion of W. Bank students is "puzzling"; Ariel student council chairman is "shocked."

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MK slams Obama for excluding Ariel U. from speech

Bayit Yehudi's Chetboun says Obama's exclusion of W. Bank students is "puzzling"; Ariel student council chairman is "shocked."

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Borderline views: The Ariel own goal

At its annual meeting in Jerusalem, The Jewish Agency discusses the growing problem of anti-Israel delegitimization throughout the world.

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'65% of Israelis support Ariel University upgrade'

Survey finds that some 2/3 of public believe if school was located within Green Line, it would not have faced same fight for recognition.

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PM: Ariel will remain under Israeli sovereignty

Netanyahu visits West Bank settlement of Rechilim, Ariel University, touting his record as a champion of the settlement movement.

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More than academic

The upgrading of Ariel University's status to full-fledged university should be a cause for celebration, not infighting and threats of academic boycott.

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Wait until Ariel is part of Israel

By granting the college university status we are causing unnecessary agitation, and are moving further away from the vision of the two-state solution.

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Ariel university upgrade doesn’t prompt int'l outcry

Decision to make college in West Bank settlement into full-fledged university passes quietly despite protest warnings.

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Student association heads slam Ariel boycott calls

Association heads: "Students are shocked, scared by clear danger being posed to Israel’s democracy and academia.”

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University heads pressure PM on Ariel status

Presidents say adding university would harm higher education; academics had previously petitioned on political grounds.

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