New medical school, Israel’s fifth, established in West Bank university

Ariel University, located in the northern West Bank city of Ariel, formally announces the establishment of its medical school that will serve as Israel’s fifth medical faculty, in a ceremony on Sunday.

“When they mocked, you all built. While they yelled, you created a marvelous institution. While they boycotted, you proved that an excelling academic center was established here, an academy that accepted every student, male or female, without regard for their race, color, religion or gender,” President Reuven Rivlin says at the ceremony, noting he was at Ariel University’s cornerstone laying ceremony 36 years ago too.

The faculty for medicine joins those at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, Ben Gurion University in Beersheba, and Bar Ilan University.