1. In the interest of keeping Netzarim residents together, most will move to dormitories of a college in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, where they will live for at least a few months, said Yigal Cohen–Orgad, the college‘s chairman.

2. "The research activity in ACJS is so small that it would be absurd to turn it into a university," he said, adding: "They may be great teachers, they may do great research, but they don‘t have the critical mass required to make a university." Former finance minister Yigal Cohen–Orgad, who chairs Ariel‘s executive committee, charged that the opposition to the school‘s new status does not stem from substantive considerations.

3. However, the council is now demanding that the college "immediately cease" using the term "university center," and should make public its return to using the term "college." Education Minister Yuli Tamir and budget committee head Shlomo Grossman told the heads of the college on Wednesday that they take the issue seriously, "because the announcement could mislead the public, since it is in total opposition to the budget committee‘s decisions and in opposition to the position of the Israel Defense Forces commander in the West Bank." Yigal Cohen–Orgad, who heads the institution‘s executive committee, said he was "very surprised that the education minister is acting in contrast to what she publicly committed to, which is to act only within the framework of the law.