[SJackson]

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More abuse of the local Arab population by the settlers. There's not a course available in jihad, much less a major, and in engineering they learn to build bridges and schools, not bombs. A waste of talent.

[Thinkin' Gal]

"I want to position the city of Ariel as part of Israel," said Ariel Mayor Ron Nahman. "The fact that Arab Israeli students are coming to study shows one thing -- that we are good people, that the college is a liberal, open-minded institution and that the people of Ariel are tolerant."

With an attitude like that, Ariel might as well surrender and be done with it.

[dennisw]

I sure hope the Jihadist psychos don't try to mess up what's a very nice situation and what represents a microcosm of how Israel feels about Arab Muslims. Israel has always preferred to help elevate them, rather than fight them. Israel built every single university on the West Bank. Israel used to get along much better with Palestinians. That demon Arafat poisoned everything. Arafat and his minions. And who elevated Arafat into respectability and Oslo negotiations? Bill Clinton did

[dervish]

How many Jews are in Palestinian Universities?