November 30, 2001

Arab Leaders in Israel Seek New College's Start

By HAIM WATZMAN

Arab leaders in Israel are accusing government officials of delaying the establishment of a public college aimed at granting Israeli Arabs greater access to higher education.

Saleh Tarif, minister of Arab affairs and a Labor Party representative in the national-unity government, says the issue was supposed to have come before the country's accrediting body, the Council for Higher Education, last summer. But Limor Livnat, who serves as the council's chairwoman and is a leading figure in

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