Ben Gurion University
Ben Gurion University – Discriminating against Jews
Racism and discrimination have suddenly appeared as a
serious problem in Israeli academia. The racism and discrimination
in question is anti-Jewish and is being practiced by Ben Gurion
"University." That is right, 73 years after Kristallnacht Jews are
being discriminated against and barred from attending a university
program in psychology at Ben Gurion "University" because it is only
open to Arabs. And a Jewish victim of this overt discrimination has
filed suit with the Supreme Court.
The program in question is a MA program in psychology
open only to Arabs and particularly to Bedouins. Jews who qualify
are excluded. In addition, the program is secret. Ben Gurion
University has been trying to hide it from the media and from
students and even from the government.
http://zioncon.blogspot.com/2012/01/ben-gurion-universitys-racist-policy-of.html
Ben Gurion University's Racist Policy of
Discriminating against Jews
posted by Steven Plaut
Saturday, January 14, 2012
1. Racism and discrimination have suddenly appeared as
a serious problem in Israeli academia. The racism and discrimination
in question is anti-Jewish and is being practiced by Ben Gurion
"University." That is right, 73 years after Kristallnacht Jews are
being discriminated against and barred from attending a university
program in psychology at Ben Gurion "University" because it is only
open to Arabs. And a Jewish victim of this overt discrimination has
filed suit with the Supreme Court.
The program in question is a MA program in psychology
open only to Arabs and particularly to Bedouins. Jews who qualify
are excluded. In addition, the program is secret. Ben Gurion
University has been trying to hide it from the media and from
students and even from the government.
The program seems designed for those who wish to become
school psychologists or educators in Arab schools, particularly
Bedouin schools, although that is not exactly how it is officially
defined. Well, one Yosef Malka, who happens to be Jewish and who
already works in a Bedouin school as a teacher, applied for the
program. He was turned down by Ben Gurion "University." No Jews or
dogs allowed into the program.
Malka has filled a Supreme Court suit against the
university, the Israeli Ministry of Education, and Council for
Higher Education in Israel. In his suit he claims this
discriminatory program is operating in secret, without proper
transparency. While working as a teacher in a Bedouin school, Malka
heard about the secret program and decided to apply. In spite of the
fact that he had already earned a BA with honors, he was rejected by
BGU. In one of the letters of rejection he got from Prof. Shifra
Sagi, from BGU's Department of Education, she admitted the program
was funded with a special off-budget allotment of money from the
Budget and Planning Committee of Israel's Council on Higher
Education and that it is closed to Jews. Sagi has collaborated with
and was a devotee of the late notorious BGU anti-Zionist professor
Daniel Bar-On (who equated the Palestinian "Nakba" with the
Holocaust -
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Blogs/Message.aspx/2265 ).
The case is now awaiting a decision by the Supreme
Court.
It is not clear whether or not Malka offered Ben Gurion
University a compromise solution whereby any Jew admitted into the
program could attend while wearing a yellow star.
Fuller story in Hebrew in Makor Rishon, January 13,
2012
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