Shlomo Gazit, president of Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, has resigned from his post. He said he had tendered his resignation last Wednesday because of the “complet lack of understanding of the needs for higher education in Israel in general, and of the Ben Gurion University in particular.”
All universities in Israel, apart form the Technion in Haifa, delayed the opening of their academic year because of budgetary problems. But the others opened after a week’s delay, leaving only the Beersheba institute still closed because of lack of funds.
Gazit said he did not mean that he thought the Ben Gurion University was discriminated against. But he added that the government should appreciate the special needs of the university in Beersheba and the national role it played in the development of the Negev and serving the Negev and Beersheba areas.
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