Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has appeared to pave the way for the establishment of a medical school at a university in a West Bank settlement, saying an earlier reversal is not necessarily binding.
In a decision released today, Mandelblit says the Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria has the right to decide on whether or not to establish the medical school at Ariel University, and does not need to follow a decision of a subcommittee against building the school.
American businessman and investor Sheldon Adelson (sitting R), his wife Miriam with President Reuven Rivlin (standing middle) and Education Minister Naftali Bennett (L) at the ceremony for a medical school at Ariel University in the West Bank, on August 19, 2018. (Ben Dori/Flash90)
However, the final decision will be up to the main Council for Higher Education, which is slated to absorb the Judea and Samaria branch on Thursday.
Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who has pushed for the settlement school funded by US billionaire Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam, hails the decision and says the Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria is slated to decide on approving the school in the coming hours.
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