Texas A&M to Open Campus in Nazareth

[Hossfly]

Israeli President Shimon Peres, Education Minister Shay Piron and Texas Governor Rick Perry recently signed an agreement to establish a "Peace Campus" in the northern Israel Arab city of Nazareth.

The campus will be a branch of Texas A&M University, one of the top research institutions in the world. It is the first time a leading foreign research university has opened a campus in Israel.

Addressing the signing ceremony, Peres said, "Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel, as well as the birthplace of Jesus. It is a city committed to spiritual values, and so is a fitting location for a major university campus intended for students of all faiths."



Texas A&M to Open Campus in Nazareth - Israel Today | Israel News

 

[R.C. Christian]

Wtf?

 

[Connery]

Moved to proper forum

 

[Hossfly]

Wtf?

In the play Hamlet, the character Polonius says "Brevity is the soul of wit." With three little letters and a question mark, R.C.Christian must be the wittiest person in his neighborhood.

 

[georgephillip]

Israeli President Shimon Peres, Education Minister Shay Piron and Texas Governor Rick Perry recently signed an agreement to establish a "Peace Campus" in the northern Israel Arab city of Nazareth.

The campus will be a branch of Texas A&M University, one of the top research institutions in the world. It is the first time a leading foreign research university has opened a campus in Israel.

Addressing the signing ceremony, Peres said, "Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel, as well as the birthplace of Jesus. It is a city committed to spiritual values, and so is a fitting location for a major university campus intended for students of all faiths."



Texas A&M to Open Campus in Nazareth - Israel Today | Israel News

From your link:

"Peres said the fact that the campus will be a branch of such a prestigious institution is 'groundbreaking,' and will help to close social gaps by providing a higher education level to both Jews and Arabs.

Piron added that education is one of the keys to promoting peaceful coexistence between Jews and Arabs, as well as helping the large Arab population in northern Israel to better integrate into broader Israeli society.

Governor Perry noted that 'Israel and Texas A&M University are a great match, both built on family values, commitment and tradition.'"

Family values and a tradition of segregation sounds like a match made in Christian Zionist Heaven. Any thoughts on how "Good Hair" plans to present the Theory of Evolution in Nazareth?

 

[P F Tinmore]

Placing a major university in a Palestinian city.

It will be interesting to see how this works out.

 

[Hossfly]

Placing a major university in a Palestinian city.

It will be interesting to see how this works out.

Don't the Jews and Arabs attend other Israeli colleges together? Just keep your fingers crossed that one of your friends in Hamas doesn't pull off something like the Palestinians did in Hebrew University where innocent people were killed. Do you remember that one, Tinnie?
Terror Blast Kills 7, Including 5 Americans, at Jerusalem University | Fox News

 

[Hossfly]

Israeli President Shimon Peres, Education Minister Shay Piron and Texas Governor Rick Perry recently signed an agreement to establish a "Peace Campus" in the northern Israel Arab city of Nazareth.

The campus will be a branch of Texas A&M University, one of the top research institutions in the world. It is the first time a leading foreign research university has opened a campus in Israel.

Addressing the signing ceremony, Peres said, "Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel, as well as the birthplace of Jesus. It is a city committed to spiritual values, and so is a fitting location for a major university campus intended for students of all faiths."



Texas A&M to Open Campus in Nazareth - Israel Today | Israel News

To clarify the OP, I sent the link to a friend here in Ft Worth who teaches at TCU. He wrote back and said TCU should be the school to open a campus in Israel. Then I reminded him that A&M was for Agriculture and Military, both of which would greatly benefit Israel, not another Christian school campus.

 

[Hollie]

Placing a major university in a Palestinian city.

It will be interesting to see how this works out.

It will be interesting. It will be interesting to see what happens when we infidels send arab-moslem women to college.

 

[tinydancer]

Placing a major university in a Palestinian city.

It will be interesting to see how this works out.

Oh I hope this works out. I like this. Well we dream don't we?

 

[ScienceRocks]

This is really good news

More intelligence = science, tech and betterment to all societies.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Wtf?

You don't believe in education?

 

[Hossfly]

Wtf?

You don't believe in education?

R.C.s motto:

“Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.”
~~Mark Twain