Education minister welcomes decision on Ariel university

Education Minister Gideon Saar welcomed the Council of Higher Education in Judea and Samaria's decision Tuesday to turn the Ariel University Center of Samaria into a full-fledged university.

The council "decided not to give into pressure and fear and made the right decision, professional and to the point," Saar said. (Tomer Velmer and Attila Somfalvi)