The Israeli government recommended turning a West Bank college into a university, in a move seen as politically motivated. Monday’s vote in the Cabinet split along ideological lines, with 13 Likud Party ministers backing the call to turn the College of Judea and Samaria in Ariel into a university, and seven Labor ministers opposing it.
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