Let the Offshore War Games Begin?!

"Ugly and racist."
-- Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar comments on the objections ahead of the appointment of Muslim Bedouin Professor Alean al-Krenawi to head Achva College. Al-Krenawi got the job anyway. 

• Mosque torched near Ramallah - Suspected 'price tag' act in village of Jaba: 'War has begun' and 'Pay the price' spray-painted on mosque two weeks before scheduled evacuation of Beit El's Ulpana neighborhood. (Ynet)
  
• Bedouin president will turn college into Islamic school' - Despite objection of some faculty members, Rahat resident Professor Alean al-Krenawi named head of Achva Academic College. 'My appointment – victory for democracy,' he says. (Yedioth and Ynet)
  
• Israel Policy Forum revived to rise above partisan fray as a pragmatic pro-Israel voice - Group's veteran and recent advisers to convene in New York; among names signing onto IPF revival are Rabbi Eric Yoffie, U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman, Deborah Lisptadt and Charles Bronfman. (Haaretz)
  
• MK Tibi: Don't name Tayibe space center after Ilan Ramon - Arab lawmaker says honoring astronaut who 'took part in air strikes on civilians' would 'insult Arab sector.' Science minister: Tibi crossed red line. (Ynet)
  
• Bedouin president will turn college into Islamic school' - Despite objection of some faculty members, Rahat resident Professor Alean al-Krenawi named head of Achva Academic College. 'My appointment – victory for democracy,' he says.(Yedioth and Ynet)
  
• Iran, Syria, Russia, China plan naval drill in Mediterranean - Countries' militaries to stage large-scale maritime maneuvers off Syrian coast. Drill to include 90,000 soldiers, submarines, aircraft, tanks and warships. (Agencies, Ynet)

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