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Ariel (Israeli settlement)

 

Ariel (Israeli settlement)

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Ariel
  • אֲרִיאֵל‎
  • أريئيل
City (from 1998)
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259ʔariˀel
Official logo of Ariel
Map
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Interactive map of Ariel
RegionWest Bank
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
Founded1978
Government
 • MayorYair Chetboun
Area
 • Total
14,677 dunams (14.677 km2; 5.667 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[1]
 • Total
22,191
 • Density1,512.0/km2 (3,916.0/sq mi)
Name meaningLion of God

Ariel (Hebrew: אֲרִיאֵל; Arabic: أريئيل) is an Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the central West Bank, part of the Israeli-occupied territories, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the Green Line and 34 kilometres (21 mi) west of the Jordan border. Ariel was first established in 1978 and its population was 22,191 in 2024, composed of veteran and young Israelis, English-speaking immigrants, and immigrants from the former Soviet Union, with an additional influx of above 10,000 students from Ariel University.[2][3] It is the fifth largest Israeli settlement in the West Bank,[4] after Modi'in Illit, Beitar Illit, Ma'ale Adumim, and Givat Ze'ev.

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[5]

Ariel's jurisdiction spans 14,677 dunams (1,467.7 hectares),[6] and borders the Palestinian towns and villages Salfit, Marda and Iskaka. According to B'Tselem, within Ariel's municipal area there are several enclaves of privately owned Palestinian land, whose owners are not allowed access to them.[7]

Etymology

Ariel (pronounced Ari'el), literally translates to 'Lion of God'. In Hebrew, Ari (Lion) is also a synonym for bravery and courage; it also serves as the symbol of the Tribe of Judah. The city is named after Jerusalem,[8] as 'Ariel' appears in the Hebrew Bible as one of the names for Jerusalem and the Temple of Jerusalem (Isaiah 29:1–8).

History

Ariel was founded in 1978 on land that was seized for military needs and on land that was declared state land, including cultivated farmland of Palestinian villages in the district and on rocky land the villagers used for grazing their flocks.[7] At the beginning of 1978, a group of Israelis formed in order to create a settlement in the hills of the northern part of the West Bank made a formal request to the government to be given land to build a new community and were given three options by the army; the area near the 'lone tree' which would later become Barkan, the area which would later become Kfar Tapuach, and a hill near Kifl Hares that was known to the local Arabs as 'Jabel Mawat', the hill of death, because of inhospitable terrain.[9] The leader of this group, Ron Nachman, chose the latter because of its strategic location on a possible Jordanian invasion route towards Israel's main population centre of Tel Aviv. In the spring of 1978, some of the group's men erected tents on the chosen hilltop, and in August 1978, a total of forty families came to live in the settlement.[citation needed]

The original members of the group had gone through a screening process in order to put together a mix of skilled adults as well as young families that would be prepared psychologically to withstand starting a new settlement from scratch with little infrastructure and modern comforts. There were no paved roads or paths. Water was supplied periodically by a tanker truck. Electricity was provided by a generator since no electrical network existed in that area. Tents were replaced by prefabricated concrete blocks which served as living quarters, schools, and an infirmary. On September 1, 1978, the school year was officially opened.[citation needed]

From 1978 to 1988, Ariel continued to develop, and established itself as the urban center for the nearby Israeli settlements. In 1980, the prefabricated homes were replaced with permanent housing. The College of Judea and Samaria, which would later become the Ariel University Center of Samaria, and eventually Ariel University, was founded in 1982. Three elementary schools, a community center, a sports hall, and a synagogue were built. In May 1982, Ariel was connected to the national power grid.

During the mass immigration of Jews from the Soviet Union that began in 1989 and continued throughout the 1990s, Ariel, which had a population of 8,000 in 1990, experienced a population boom. Unlike in Israel proper, apartments in Ariel were plentiful and cheap, which proved attractive to the immigrants.[10] Some 6,000 Soviet immigrants moved to Ariel, almost doubling its population.

In 2005, the residents of Netzarim, a former Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip which had been evacuated, found temporary housing in the dormitories of the Ariel University Center of Samaria. At the beginning of the academic year, about one-third chose to settle permanently in Ariel, while the rest moved to Yevul. In 2007, the city began receiving immigrants from English-speaking countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and South Africa in significant numbers. Both religious and secular Jews reside in Ariel. The city has sixteen synagogues.

Nachman, a central figure in the Likud party, presided over Ariel from 1978 until his death in January 2013, at first as head of the local council and as mayor from 1985, when the settlement was officially recognized as a city.[11] Nachman was succeeded as mayor in 2013 by Eliyahu Shaviro, who served as mayor until 2024, when Yoni Chetboun was elected as mayor.

On 15 November 2022, three Israelis were murdered during an attack near Ariel.

On 4 August 2025, US House Speaker Mike Johnson and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee visited Ariel where they were hosted by Mayor Yair Chetboun. They expressed support for this city, and to date were the highest ranking foreign government officials to visit Israeli communities in the West Bank.[12]

Geography

A neighborhood in Ariel
Ariel University
ORT Educational Center Yovaley-Ariel
Students dormitory of University Center

Ariel is situated between 17 and 22 kilometres (10+1⁄2 and 13+1⁄2 miles) east of the Green Line,[13][14] and 34 km (21 mi) west of the Jordan River, Jordan's western border. Ariel is adjacent to the Palestinian Authority town of Salfit and southwest of Nablus. It is approximately 30 km (20 mi) east of Petah Tikva, and 42 km (26 mi) east of Tel Aviv to which it is connected by the Highway 5 and 60 km (37 mi) northwest of Jerusalem, to which it is connected by Highway 60.

Ariel's jurisdiction spans 14,677 dunams (1,467.7 hectares),[6] and borders the Palestinian towns and villages Salfit, Marda and Iskaka. Ariel's municipal area contains several enclaves of privately owned Palestinian land, whose owners are not allowed access to them.[7] The central water pumping station in Salfit has been polluted several times by overflow from the wastewater in Ariel.[7]

Just south of Ariel's Rova Dalet neighborhood is the archaeological site of Khirbat ash-Shajara.

Economy

The city has several shopping centres and two industrial zones (divided into light and heavy industry), a library. In July 2008, Israel approved the construction of 27 new factories, which were expected to be completed by September 2009.[15]

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Status under international law

Like all Israeli settlements in the Israeli-occupied territories, Ariel is considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.[16] A series of Israeli governments has insisted that Ariel be included within Israel's future borders under any future peace treaty.[17] The Israeli Ministry of the Interior gave the municipality of Ariel the status of a city council in 1998. In January 2010, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by leading figures in his governing coalition, declared Ariel the "capital of Samaria", and "an integral part of Israel".[18] In December 2010, thirty-five MKs petitioned the government to annex Ariel to Israel.[19] Palestinian representatives have opposed the incorporation of Ariel into Israel in any future settlement, arguing that the Ariel 'finger' would interrupt the territorial integrity of a Palestinian state and includes a major aquifer. Ariel's future is thus not clear: "as well as an obstacle to an Israeli-Palestinian agreement, it could also serve as a crucial trade-off for negotiators hammering out a final deal."[17] McDonald's Israel, the local subsidiary of the international fast food chain, turned down an offer to open a restaurant in Ariel in June 2013, citing its declared policy not to open any branches in West Bank settlements across the Green Line.[20]

In August 2025, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, one of the highest-ranking American officials ever to visit an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, traveled to Ariel, where he delivered a speech at a celebratory event attended by Ariel Mayor Yair Chetboun and other West Bank settlement leaders. During his remarks, Johnson declared that the "mountains of Judea and Samaria" belong to the Jewish people "by right."[21]

West Bank barrier

The Israeli West Bank barrier was originally planned to extend out from the Israeli border to Ariel. Under American political pressure, the "finger", as the extension of the fence to include Ariel is often called, was not built. Instead, Ariel has a security fence surrounding it on only three sides.[22]

First Intifada

In mid-1989, during the First Intifada, the settlement came under controversy after the mayor ordered all Palestinians working in the settlement to wear visible badges identifying them as "foreign workers." The order was criticised across the political spectrum in Israel, including Likud MK Ehud Olmert who called it "insensitive and unwise" and Ratz MK Yossi Sarid who said he was "disgusted," with some commentators comparing the order to the yellow badges imposed by Nazi Germany on Jews.[23][24] The settlement's mayor criticised the comparisons to Nazi Germany, saying that "only a warped mind, ignorance and stupidity" could compare the situation to "the security needs of every settlement in Judea, Samaria and Israel." However, the settlement subsequently reversed the order.[25]

Education and culture

Ariel is home to the Ariel University, founded in 1982 as the College of Judea and Samaria. In 2010, the university had a student population of 11,500, both Israeli and Palestinian.[26] In 2007, it changed its name to Ariel University Center of Samaria, a change that was officially recognized in 2010. In 2012, it received accreditation as a research university.[27]

The state-funded Ariel Center for the Performing Arts opened on November 8, 2010, with a performance of Piaf by the Beersheba Theater company.[28] These performances were boycotted by sixty Israeli actors, writers, and directors, including Joshua Sobol, who refuse to perform in settlements. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Culture Minister Limor Livnat and the leader of the Kadima Party Tzipi Livni condemned the boycott and proposed cutting government funding those participating in it.[29][30] The boycott was supported by 150 academics including Amos Oz, David Grossman and A. B. Yehoshua,[31][32] It was opposed by Amnon Shamosh, who suggested that the boycott plays into the hands of right-wing extremists by linking art and politics.[33] 150 U.S. actors supported the boycott.[34] However, five Israeli actors later withdrew from the boycott, indicating that they changed their mind or thought the letter they were signing called for a discussion on the issue rather than outright boycott.[35]

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Israel

Twin towns/ Sister cities

Ariel is twinned with:

References

  1.  "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  2.  "Table 3 – Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,000 Residents and Other Rural Population" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2010-06-30. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  3.  Ariel municipality Archived February 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Official website
  4.  "גבעת זאב בדרך להפוך לעיר החמישית מעבר לקו הירוק: "הגיע הזמן שנהפוך לעיר ריבונית ואיתנה במדינת ישראל"" [Givat Ze'ev on the way to becoming the fifth city beyond the Green Line: “The time has come for us to become a sovereign and stable city in the State of Israel”]. מגדילים (in Hebrew). 28 September 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  5.  "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  6.  "Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 – Municipality Profiles – Ariel" (PDF) (in Hebrew). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 2005. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  7.  "Ariel settlement fact sheet". B'tselem. 17 July 2012 [30 August 2010]. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  8.  Ariel Founder details Ariel's history Archived August 28, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  9.  Madmon, Yifat (2008). Ariel, sipura shel ir [Ariel, story of a city] (in Hebrew) (1st ed.). p. 20.
  10.  Soviet immigrants mark Passover – The Spokesman Review. 9 April 1990
  11.  Levinson, Chaim (19 January 2013). "Ron Nachman, 'the last of the secular settlers,' who couldn't convince the Israeli public". Haaretz. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  12.  Sharon, Jeremy (2025-08-04). "S Speaker Johnson makes landmark visit to West Bank settlement of Ariel". Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  13.  Ariel and Ariel Bloc Archived 2013-10-10 at the Wayback Machine. Peacenow, May 2005
  14.  Virtuel Israel Experience: Ariel The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
  15.  Lazaroff, Tovah (2008-07-14). "W. Bank city of Ariel gets OK for 27 new factories". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
  16.  Patience, Martin Kadima victory concerns settlers BBC, 31 March 2006
  17.  Kershner, Isabel (2010-09-09). "A West Bank Enclave Is on Edge". New York Times. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  18.  Lazaroff, Tovah (2010-01-29). "PM: Ariel is the 'capital of Samaria'". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
  19.  "Knesset members demand annexation of Ariel settlement", The Palestine Telegraph, 4 December 2010.
  20.  Efrati, Ido (June 26, 2013). "McDonald's Israel refuses to open branch across Green Line". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  21.  Sharon, Jeremy (2025-08-04). "US speaker says West Bank belongs to Jews 'by right' in settlement visit". The Times of Israel.
  22.  Westervelt, Eric. "Israeli Settlement Seeks Protection", National Public Radio
  23.  "In West Bank, Jewish Settlement's Security Move Sets Off Uproar". The New York Times. 1 June 1989. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  24.  "Likud Minister Criticizes Town for Requiring 'alien Worker' Tag". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1 June 1989. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  25.  "Town of Ariel Backs Down, Scraps Idea for Arab Tags". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 5 June 1989. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  26.  500 Arabs begin studies in Ariel
  27.  The Israeli Settler Movement: Assessing and Explaining Social Movement Success, Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler, Cas Mudde, Cambridge University Press
  28.  Levinson, Chaim (25 August 2010). "Major theaters raise curtain across Green Line". Haaretz.
  29.  Williams, Dan (29 August 2010). "Israeli actors boycott theatres in settlements". Reuters AlertNet.
  30.  Macintyre, Donald. "Israeli actors refuse to take the stage in settlement theatre", The Independent, 30 August 2010
  31.  Fyler, Boaz. "Yehoshua, Oz, Grossman back boycott of Ariel", Ynet News 30 August 2010
  32.  wpengine (2010-09-06). "Israeli Artists Condemn Settlements". JVP. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
  33.  Shamosh, Amnon (November 11, 2010). "Culture has no borders".
  34.  Israeli Artists Condemn Settlements Archived 2012-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, Jewish Voice for Peace
  35.  Miskin, Maayana (August 29, 2010). "Five Actors Withdraw from Ariel Boycott".
  36.  Hodorov, Irit (2008-09-26). "Gemini Sign". Yediot Petah Tikva. Yedioth Ahronoth.
  37.  "Mobile's Sister Cities". City of Mobile. Retrieved 2013-07-22.



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아리엘 (이스라엘)

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아리엘
אריאל
아리엘 시가
아리엘 시가
아리엘의 시장
시장
위치
위치도
행정
국가이스라엘의 국기 이스라엘
 행정구유대 사마리아 지구
 시아리엘
시장론 나프만
( 리쿠드 )
지리
면적 
  시역14.677 km 2
인구
인구(2019년 현재)
  시역20,540명
  비고전국 73위
아리엘

아리엘 ( 히브리어 :אריאלAriel 은 팔레스타인 의 요르단 강 서쪽 해안 ( 이스라엘 측의 호칭은 " 유대 사마리아 지구 " )에 위치한 이스라엘이 실효 지배 하는 도시 로 1967 년 3 차 중동 전쟁 후에 이스라엘이 건설을 시작한 유태인 입식지이다. "아리엘"은 히브리어 로 " 하나님의 사자 "를 의미합니다. 시장 은 론 나프만 .

역사

아리엘의 역사는 옛날에는 구약성경 으로 거슬러 올라간다. 동성경 이사야 29장에 다윗이 진을 둔 도시 예루살렘 을 암시하는 것으로 그 이름이 등장한다 [ 1 ] .

1978년 이스라엘 정부의 사실상 조성하에 재건·도시계획이 개시된다. 용지는 이스라엘 국방군 의 군용지와 팔레스타인 주민의 경작·방목지를 이스라엘 국유지로 선언하고 몰수·추방한 토지가 맞아 새롭게 유대인 주민을 입식시켰다. 8월에는 40가구 정도가 입식했다.

같은 해 의회 가 발족, 대의원 선출을 위한 선거도 진행되고 있다. 다음 1979년에는 현재 시장 론 나프만을 평의장으로 선출. 1985년부터 현직. 1982년 에는 시에 회당이 건설되어 최초의 대학이 되는 유대 사마리아 대학(현: 아리엘 대학 )이 개교했다. 발전이 현저해진 것은 1990년대 전후로 냉전구조 가 하화되기 시작하면 구소련 이나 동유럽 에 살던 유태인 의 귀환운동이 활발해진다. 현재의 아리엘은 입식지라기보다는 뉴타운 고급 주택지 의 양상을 나타내고 있다.

현재 아리엘은 2만 명 정도의 인구를 세고 있다. 1990년에는 인구 8000명 정도였지만, 1989년부터 시작된 구 소련 · 동유럽 으로부터의 이주자에 의해 인구는 급증. 2007년부터는 미국 , 영국 , 캐나다 , 남아프리카 등 영어권에서 이주자도 늘었다. 이는 이스라엘 본토와 비교하여 아파트 등 택지가 저렴하게 제공되었기 때문이다. 요르단 강 서쪽 해안의 정착지 중에서는 마아레 아드미엄 에 이어 두 번째 규모를 자랑한다. 그 때문에 역대 정부도 이 땅을 전략적 요충으로 자리매김했고, 가장 팔레스타인 에 융화적이었던 에 푸드 버락 총리 의 2000년 캠프 데이비드 에서의 회담 때도 아리엘의 존속에 관해서는 양보하지 않았다. 2004년 4월 14일 에 열린 '미·이스라엘 정상회담 '에서는 역대 미 정권에서 처음으로 조지 부시 대통령 이 아리엘을 포함한 6대 입식지의 존속을 명언. 그래서 나프만은 아리엘 샤론 총리(당시)가 단행한 가자 지구 철수계획 시에도 시종 정관의 자세를 취했다. 나프만은 리쿠도 의 당원이자 샤론의 정치적 동맹이기도 하다. 이 계획으로 가자 지구 를 쫓긴 이식자 500의 구제에도 나서고 있다.

2020년 10월 28일 , 아리엘 대학에서 이스라엘·미국에 의한 과학 기술 협정의 갱신이 조인되었다. 벤야민 네타냐후 총리는 조인식으로 “1967년의 경계선을 넘은 이스라엘의 모든(의 지배)를 비합법화하려고 하는 모든 사람들에 대한 중요한 승리”를 선언하고 “이스라엘 사람들과 이스라엘 땅과의 천년의 연결”을 근거로 다시 점령 또한 협정의 적용 범위가 점령지의 '유대 사마리아', 동 예루살렘 , 고란 고원 으로 확대되었다는 것을 밝혔다 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] . 이는 미국의 도널드 트럼프 정권이 기존 미국이 비합법으로 온 이스라엘의 요르단 강 서안(유대 사마리아), 동 예루살렘, 고란 고원 지배를 공인한 것의 어필이기도 했다.

팔레스타인의 아버스 대통령 보도관인 나빌 압레데네는 “이 조치는 팔레스타인령의 점령에 미국이 실제로 참여하고 있음을 의미한다”고 비난했다 [ 4 ] .

우호 도시

  • 코스타리카의 국기 할레 디아, 코스타리카
  • 미국 국기 모빌 , 미국 앨라배마

각주

  1. ↑ 『신성경사전』 76페이지, 『신성서 주해』(구약 3) 584페이지
  2. ↑ PM Netanyahu's Remarks at Ariel University - 이스라엘 (영어)
  3. ↑ “유대인 정착지에서도 과학기술협력 트럼프 정권, 이스라엘과 합의” . 공동통신사 . 2020년 10월 29일 . 2020년 10월 29일 열람 . (영어)
  4. ↑ “US, Israel extend science accords into West Bank settlements” . AP통신 . 2020년 10월 28일 . 2020년 10월 29일 열람 . (영어)

외부 링크

관련 항목

위키미디어 커먼즈에는 아리엘 (이스라엘) 과 관련된 카테고리가 있습니다.

Ariel University

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Ariel University


אוניברסיטת אריאל בשומרון‎

Hecht Library, located at the center of campus
Type Public
Established 1982
President Ehud Grossman[1]
Rector Albert Pinhasov[2]
Students 17,000 (as of 2025)
Location
Ariel,
Judea and Samaria Area[3]
32°06′17″N 35°12′34″E
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Building details

Hecht Library, located at the center of campus

Campus urban
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Ariel University (Hebrew: אוניברסיטת אריאל), previously a public college known as the Ariel University Center of Samaria, is an Israeli university located in the urban Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank.[4][5]

The college was founded in 1982 as a regional branch of Bar-Ilan University and was originally located in the settlement of Kedumim,[6] After moving to a larger campus in Ariel, it became the largest Israeli public college. In 2004–2005, the affiliation with Bar-Ilan ended and it became an independent college.

On 17 July 2012, the Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria voted to grant the institution full university status.[7] This move was praised by the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Education Gideon Saar, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and some Knesset members[8] as well as Nobel Prize in Economics winning mathematician Robert Aumann.[9] The Council of presidents of Israeli Universities condemned the move.[9] A survey in 2013 found that 65% of the public in Israel supported the recognition of Ariel University as Israel's eighth university.[10]

Ariel University has 26 departments for B.A., BSc and BArch studies, in three faculties and three schools. In addition, Ariel University offers a master's degree programs for M.A., M.B.A. and MSc in 2014, Ariel University initiated a PhD programs for Doctorate studies also. In 2011, it had a student population of 14,000, with a branch in Tel Aviv. All degrees are recognized by the Council for Higher Education in Israel.

The university and its staff have been the target of boycotts in Israel and overseas for its location in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

University statusSocial Sciences and Humanities building

In 2005, the Israeli government supported upgrading the college to university status. The change of status was not immediate since the Council for Higher Education in Israel must approve such changes. In July 2006, the Council rejected a proposal to merge several regional colleges in the Galilee. Based on the findings of a committee appointed by the council, it was decided not to approve the establishment of any new universities in Israel for the next five years.[11]

Upgrading the college to university status was controversial. Settlements such as Ariel are considered illegal under international law by the international community, and Palestinians see them as an obstacle to peace,[9] but the Israeli government disputes this.[12] British Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt also said he was disappointed in the decision and called on Israel to reverse the decision.[13]

In August 2007, the college was renamed the "Ariel University Center of Samaria."[14] Although Prime Minister Ehud Olmert endorsed the change, both Minister of Education Yuli Tamir and the Council for Higher Education objected,[15] with the latter announcing in 2008 that they would not recognise degrees awarded by the college.[16] The name change was recognised in 2010, although the college remained without university accreditation until July 2012.[17][18]

On 24 December 2012, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the Central Command to officially recognize the upgrade of Ariel University to a fully accredited institution of higher learning.[19]

On 12 February 2018, the Knesset passed legislation placing Israeli colleges in Judea and Samaria under the direct authority of Israel's higher education establishment, ending a long-standing distinction between schools in and outside of pre-1967 Israel. Under the new law, the separate higher education council for Judea and Samaria was abolished, and all Israeli colleges operating in Judea and Samaria were placed under the supervision of the Council for Higher Education in Israel.[20]

Students and faculty

Medical Simulation Center

In 2025, the university had 17,000 students, including Jewish (both secular and Orthodox), Arab, Druze, and Circassian Israeli students. In 2015, it had the largest number of Ethiopian-born students of any Israeli university.[21][22][23] In 2011, there were 600 Arab-Israeli students.[24] In a report in January 2014, Arab students said they did not feel racially or politically motivated discrimination at the university.[25][26][27] In 2012, Haaretz newspaper reported that there were also faculty members with left-wing views teaching at the university.[28] In 2024-2025, 10 percent of the student population was Arab.[29]

Visiting lecturers

AUC hosts visiting lecturers from universities around the world. In 2010 University of Hartford communications professor Don Ellis taught the course "Communication Issues and Political Conflict." He said: "My only goal is to help them improve their critical thinking skills. I don't expect that either side will acknowledge the other side as being right."[30] British professor Geoffrey Alderman is also a guest lecturer at Ariel University, and has said that those British members of parliament who oppose the university, did so because the university "is Jewish. If it was a Palestinian university they wouldn’t object. For heaven’s sake, this is an educational establishment with many Palestinian as well as Jewish students."[31]

Professor Hilde Leone of Leibniz University, Hanover, was a guest lecturer at the university's school of architecture, speaking about "Between Vision and Reality."[32]

International cooperation and programs

Ariel University Center has signed academic cooperation agreements with over 51 higher education institutions around the world, including the United States, Russia, France, Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Argentina, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Taiwan and Armenia.[33][34] There is a partnership between the University of Toronto and the Ariel University on the master's degree in Business Administration (MBA).[35]

In 2008, the Global Association of Risk Professionals established a branch in the University Center which conducts operator courses and international conferences in university center.[36]

In 2011, Ariel University Center and Ural Federal University signed a cooperation agreement with the Skolkovo innovation center, a high technology business area near Moscow.[37] The agreement is intended to provide Israeli companies with access to capital resources and manpower.[38]

Ariel University participates in the project Masa Israel Journey in which Jewish students all over the world come for the time between a semester to a year study in Ariel, about 30% of students coming to study in Ariel immigrate to Israel at the end of the project.[39]

Due to its location in Israeli-occupied territory, Ariel University was excluded from receiving funding as part of the Horizon 2020 research program signed between the EU and Israel in 2013.[40]

Academic boycotts

In April 2005, the British Association of University Teachers (AUT) briefly boycotted Bar-Ilan University for its academic links with the college.[41] The boycott was rescinded in May 2005.[42]

Faculty of Natural Sciences building

In 2009, the Spanish Housing Ministry disqualified the university from taking part in an international architectural competition in 2009. The Spanish government explained that their decision to ban the university was a result of it being located in Palestinian occupied territories.[43] The Anti-Defamation League asked the Spanish Government and the US Department of Energy to overturn the disqualification of Israeli researchers from an international solar energy competition in Madrid.[44]

In early 2011, 165 Israeli academics announced they were boycotting the university to protest Israeli settlement expansion.[45] They wrote in their petition, "Ariel is not part of the sovereign territory of Israel, and we therefore cannot be required to go there."[46]

Due to Ariel University's location in a settlement, it is excluded from receiving funds from the EU and the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development. In 2018, prominent international physicists, including David Gross, Martin Rees and Ed Witten, published an open letter calling for fellow academics not to attend a conference at Ariel University, and not to participate in "attempts to normalise the occupation of Palestinian territories".[47]

View from campus commons, showing classrooms and administrative offices in the background

Notable faculty

Dani Dayan

See also

References

  1.  "New President of Ariel University: Prof. Ehud Grossman". campuscore.ariel.ac.il. Retrieved 2025-07-13.
  2.  "Prof. Albert Pinhasov". www.ariel.ac.il. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3.  Peter Stalker: A Guide to Countries of the World,
    • p. 152: "In the longer term it seems likely that the West Bank and Gaza will constitute an independent Palestine"
    • page 245,
    Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199580729
  4.  Fleishman, Itamar (25 December 2012). "It's official: Ariel University recognized". ynet. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  5.  "Ariel University Center of Samaria". Ariel.ac.il. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  6.  Templer, B (2007) Educational Geopolitics and the 'Settler University' in Ariel Archived 15 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, Volume 5, Number 2
  7.  "Ariel gets university status, despite opposition". The Jerusalem Post. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  8.  Nationalists Welcome Decision on Ariel University, 18 July 2012 Arutz Sheva, 18 July 2012
  9.  "Israel's first settlement university stirs controversy". BBC. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  10.  "65% of Israelis support the upgrade of Ariel University, survey shows". Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  11.  Request from Ariel College to become a university turned down Archived 7 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Walla News, 12 July 2006
  12.  "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  13.  "Foreign Office minister condemns new settlement". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  14.  Justice Ministry Downgrades Ariel University to College Israel National News, 30 March 2008
  15.  Ariel College upgrades itself to 'university' status Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Haaretz, 2 August 2007
  16.  Education Council: We won't recognize degrees awarded by Ariel college Archived 22 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine Haaretz, 11 June 2008
  17.  Council for Higher Education: Ariel university status years away[permanent dead link] The Jerusalem Post, 21 January 2010
  18.  Ariel academic center recognized as first Israeli university beyond Green Line Haaretz, 17 July 2012
  19.  "Barak authorizes Ariel upgrade to university". The Jerusalem Post. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  20.  "Knesset applies Israeli law to Ariel University in West Bank". The Jerusalem Post. 12 February 2018.
  21.  "Students". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  22.  A study in irony Archived 1 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Haaretz, 22 June 2005
  23.  Arabs Studying at ‘Settler’ College Archived 24 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine Israel Today, 18 January 2006
  24.  "Apartheid? 600 Arabs Begin Year at Ariel U". Arutz Sheva. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  25.  "Arab and Druze Students at Ariel University: There is No Racism". Palestine News Network. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  26.  Yair Altman (17 October 2010). "500 Arabs begin studies in Ariel: 'There's no racism here'". Ynetnews.
  27.  Matthew Kalman (17 November 2010). "Despite Controversy, Israeli University in West Bank Attracts Arab Students".
  28.  Chaim Levinson (17 August 2012). "Leftist views don't keep professors from teaching at Ariel". Haaretz.
  29.  Ariel University shapes Israel’s tomorrow, fostering next-generation leaders
  30.  Blair, Russell (16 July 2010). "From West Hartford To The West Bank". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  31.  MPs question support for Ariel
  32.  "Conference Circuit". The Jerusalem Post. 23 November 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  33.  "Ariel University Center of Samaria, in cooperation with academic institutions around the world" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  34.  "Scientific Cooperation and Partners | Ariel University Center of Samaria | Israel". University-directory.eu. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  35.  "Google Translate". Retrieved 25 July 2015.[permanent dead link]
  36.  "The GARP site at the Ariel University Center of Samaria; The academic chapter of Israel". Ariel.ac.il. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  37.  "Venture Fair". Archived from the original on 7 December 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2011. Your Way to Russian Silicon Valley
  38.  "Israel Skolkovo Gateway". Israelsk.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  39.  "2011-2012 Masa Study Abroad Catalogue" (PDF). Retrieved 25 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
  40.  Herb, Keinon. "Jerusalem and EU agree on formula that allows Israel to join Horizon 2020 project". Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  41.  "Report to members from the AUT national council". Archived from the original on 30 January 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2005.
  42.  "Academics vote against Israeli boycott". The Guardian. London. 26 May 2005. Retrieved 22 May 2005.
  43.  Spain boycotts Ariel college for being in 'occupied territory' Ynetnews.com, 22 September 2009.
  44.  ADL: Stop Discrimination Against Ariel University Arutz Sheva, 30 September 2009.
  45.  Israeli Academics to Boycott Ariel University, HuffPost, 9 January 2011.
  46.  Israel academics to boycott college Aljazeera English, 9 January 2011.
  47.  "Don't let science legitimise Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories | Letters". TheGuardian.com. 31 August 2018.
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アリエル大学（アリエルだいがく、英語: Ariel University、公用語表記: אוניברסיטת אריאל）は、イスラエルの旗アリエルに本部を置くイスラエルの公立大学。1982年創立、1982年大学設置。大学の略称はアリエル大学。 ヨルダン川西岸地区のユダヤ人入植地であるアリエルに存在する公立大学である。総長はモーシェ・アレンス。学長はかつて駐日イスラエル大使を務めたエリ・コーヘン。学生数は2014年現在14000人ほどである。アラブ系イスラエル人の学生も多い。

大学は、イスラエルでも有数の大学であるとされているが、この大学の存在についてはイスラエルが占領してつくった入植地に建設した大学であることから議論の対象となっている。イスラエル国内の大学教授によるボイコット運動も起きている[1]。

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