Yisrael Beytenu MK slams Ben Gurion University fast-track entry for Arab sector

MK Oded Forer from the Yisrael Beytenu party slams a Ben Gurion University decision to open a special track in which students from the Arab sector will be accepted without the need for a psychometric test.

“Those involved with equality and human rights repeatedly discriminate against citizens who serve and contribute to the State of Israel. Is the blood of the Arab student receiving relief more red than the blood of new immigrants, discharged soldiers or any other student coming from a low socioeconomic background?” Forer asks in a statement.

“It is impossible to talk about special tracks exempt from psychometric exams without taking into consideration new immigrants, those who come from a low socio-economic situation or those who have served in the military or national service and whose studies have been postponed for several years because of their service,” he adds.

Forer says he has written to university president Rivka Carmi “demanding that she include other populations” in the new track.