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Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Australian Ambassador to Israel Paul Griffiths has been hosted by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. During the ambassador’s first trip to BGU, he was struck by the complementarities between BGU and Australian universities. "There is a dynamism in Israel and at BGU. A readiness to take risks and to be creative. They look to…

The academic institutions are committed to “innovation on a global scale” and aim to collaborate on areas of mutual interest—namely, agriculture, business, natural sciences and other related fields.

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

The president of Ben-Gurion University claimed the institution had uncovered an 'Islamist cell' targeting female Bedouin students, but source says the male students involved were barred from campus shortly after

Be'er Sheva university's chief says cell's members threatened to expose female Bedouin students, who they thought weren't modest dressers, to their families and communities; university fails to clarify if students from the cell still enrolled at university

Prof. Daniel Chamovitz says group consisted of three people who photographed female Bedouin students and sent pictures back to their clans if they were not modest enough

The three-men cell threatened female students

The patrols largely targeted Bedouin women, who account for 70 percent of all Bedouin students at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The university refused to clarify whether the offenders were expelled

Ben-Gurion University President Daniel Chamovitz revealed that three students continually harrassed female Bedouin students for their "lack of modesty."