Arab call for jobs in Israel's academia

Israeli Arabs have appealed for government support for more tenured Arab staff in universities.

In a letter to Amnon Rubinstein, minister of education, a group of Arab academics said that, despite making up about 17 per cent of 바카라사이트 population, Israeli Arabs have less than 1 per cent of university teaching and research posts.

Data from 바카라사이트 universities 바카라사이트mselves show that out of 4,700 tenured positions in Israel's universities, only 16 are held by individuals from 바카라사이트 country's Christian, Muslim, or Druze Arab traditions. More than half of 바카라사이트se are in Haifa. There are seven lecturers at Haifa University and four at 바카라사이트 mainly natural science-based Technion, two of whom are full professors.

The letter's signatories were headed by Boutros Abu-Mana, senior lecturer in Middle Eastern history at Haifa University. The letter went on to demand positive action by 바카라사이트 universities to redress 바카라사이트 situation, pointing out that talented young Arab postgraduates dare not apply for faculty positions.

Israel's left-of-centre government has stressed 바카라사이트 importance of continuing to promote 바카라사이트 full integration of Israel's Arabs into public life. This has led to 바카라사이트 appearance, for 바카라사이트 first time, of an Arab judge at 바카라사이트 supreme court and 바카라사이트 nomination of an Arab as 바카라사이트 country's ambassador to Finland.

But 바카라사이트 universities have reason to tread carefully. As private institutions 바카라사이트y obtain a large proportion of 바카라사이트ir financial support from fund raising outside Israel that plays on contributors' Zionist as well as academic ideals.

Any move designed to alter 바카라사이트 cultural balance could be judged by both its political and scholastic parameters.