From one of my contacts, she writes:-
Arabs are 20% of the Israeli population, but 40% of the medical profession. Why? Apartheid? NO! Israeli Arabs can get into Israeli medical school and universities with lower bagrut & psychometric scores than Israeli Jews. Meanwhile, many Israeli Jews are forced to study medicine in universities overseas because there aren’t enough places left in Israeli universities.
Apartheid??
My aunt Fanny, it’s not.
It’s ‘Positive discrimination’, intended to help Arab Israelis overcome any issues in early & high school education.
And right she is. One granddaughter has all the marks in the exams to qualify for medicine but has not been admitted to medical school on the basis of "the interview". Other friends daughters have gone overseas to study and will be unlikely to return to Israel after completing their studies.
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