26.01.2012                      02.Schwat. 5772

Neue Studenten-Organisation:

Arab students at Safed college form own faction after wave of racism

Students say it is clear that more than half of the 2,400 students at the college in the north are Arab and that the electoral prospects of the faction are considerable.

Arab students at Safed Academic College have formed their own faction which will run for the chairmanship of the student union and seats on its council. The move comes just over a year after a wave of anti-Arab racism erupted in Safed, culminating in attacks on Arab students and a call by some local rabbis not to rent apartments in town to Arabs.
Gabriel Mansour, who heads the Arab faction, said his group, "For Your Sake", was not provided with voters' rolls, but a number of students have said it is clear that more than half of the 2,400 students at the college in the north are Arab and that the electoral prospects of "For Your Sake" are considerable. On the other hand, about half of the candidates from "Tachlis" ("To the Point" ), which is another faction in the student union elections, are also Arab….