Ariel University
The College of Judea and Samaria changed its name to Ariel University Center of Samaria in 2007 but is not recognized as an accredited university in Israel. It was founded in 1982 in an illegal Israeli settlement in the Palestinian-owned West Bank by Bar-Ilan University as a regional branch. It is the first college to have been built on an Israeli settlement.[1]After a boycott call issued against Bar-Ilan University for its ties with the institution, the college began to pursue university accreditation status. Marketing itself as a "zionist institution"[2] on its website, the college is a source of hotly contested debate about its legitimacy and legality due to its direct relation with Israel's occupation of Palestine. In 2005 Israeli Professor of History at Tel Aviv University Shlomo Sand called for a boycott of the college.[3]
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- ↑ Yoav Stern and Tamara Traubmann, "Ariel College upgrades itself to 'university' status", Haaretz, 2 August 2007
- ↑ Ariel University Center of Samaria, "About", accessed on 4 August 2010
- ↑ Shlomo Sand, "Boycott Ariel college", Haaretz, 5 March 2005
