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This past month saw the launching of a pseudo-academic jihad by the Tenured Left and by Israel's Ivory Cartel against the accreditation of Ariel University in the Shomron. The Tenured Left is upset because of the location of Ariel on the other side of the "Green Line," the 1967 border that the Left wants to be reinstated so that the Palestinians will be able to operate their own terrorist rocket base in the West Bank that will bathe Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in rockets and make life in Israel impossible. The Ivory Cartel is the lobby of the "seven sisters," the seven universities in Israel, the lion share of whose budget comes from the Israeli taxpayer. These operate like a group of pirates divvying up the loot allotted to them by the taxpayer and do not want anyone else sharing in their treasure chest.

The academic standards of Ariel University are not the issue, because pretty much everyone, including a panel of decorated experts with world class reputations, has proclaimed that its standards are superb, in fact far better than the standards at Ben Gurion University. The Tenured Left is upset because it insists that Ariel is a "University of the Right," never mind the huge portion of its student body who are Arabs of Judea and Samaria. The Tenured Left has no problem with the four liberal arts universities in Israel acting unambiguously as "Universities of the Left."

Well, Kalman Liebskind, the intrepid columnist for Maariv, has a weekend column (http://www.nrg.co.il/app/index.php?do=blog&encr_id=79974780b5e0d394fddbd1a00f4f21d3&id=3910) revealing just how the Hebrew University, one of the two strongest and oldest institutions in the Ivory Cartel, is battling and agitating against the accreditation of Ariel. It seems the Hebrew University, which also led a campaign in 1964 to block accreditation to Bar Ilan University, officially hired a radical anti-Israel leftist extremist to lead its campaign. It commissioned a "report" about Ariel written by Dr. Zeev Rotem, who just happens to be a long-time agitator for the extremist Yesh Gvul organization, an organization financed by all the usual forces of darkness specializing in promoting mutiny and insurrection among Israeli soldiers, especially among those in the air force (see http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?2623-Group-of-Israeli-Pilots-Refuse-to-Carry-Out-Airstrikes ). Yesh Gvul has long led the campaign for soldiers to refuse to serve until the Israeli government adopts the political agenda of the communist party. Rotem used to teach at Tel Aviv University. He likes to accuse Israel of committing indiscriminate murder and atrocities against "Palestinians."

For more details, in Hebrew, go to http://www.nrg.co.il/app/index.php?do=blog&encr_id=79974780b5e0d394fddbd1a00f4f21d3&id=3910

For the very best analysis to date of the jihad by the Left against Ariel University, see this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y56jbDCzFgY
Since it is in Hebrew, let us explain that it is a spoof of the Israeli local version of American Idol, where the star singer being tested is Ariel the Mermaid, representing Ariel University, and being savaged by the panel of the Ivory Cartel.

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