Jehuda Haddad

The author is president of the Shamoon College of Engineering (SCE).

EDUCATION MINISTER Yoav Kisch attends a Knesset committee meeting earlier this month. The Education and Science and Technology Ministries should take action to make higher education more accessible, the writer argues.

A generation without a degree is the real danger to the future labor market - opinion

 A FOREIGN worker is employed in agriculture near the border with the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing war.

Action is needed to build up and strengthen Israel's periphery regions - opinion

CAMPUS OF the Shamoon College of Engineering. Beersheba is home to academic centers such as Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and SCE, the writer notes.

Not only in Tel Aviv: New start-ups in the Negev and Galilee


TA congestion fees welcome, but must be with holistic approach - opinion

Israel’s transportation problem causes a decrease in the economy’s productivity, an immense waste of resources, as well as air pollution.

 TRAFFIC JAMS on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv.

Reinforcing Ashdod’s developing academia - opinion

The engineering and social education that we, in academia, are instilling today, will create a better future for the city of Ashdod by expanding the financial opportunities.

View of new high-rise apartment buildings next to older small homes, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod

Time to change budget priorities, protect Israel's socially disadvantaged

Now, when elections are underway, we must ensure a social budget, a budget mainly focused on education and narrowing gaps

A GENERAL VIEW of Kiryat Malachi. After many years of neglect, towns in the periphery threaten to erupt like a volcano. This is the real epidemic – the social epidemic.

Israel needs to invest in education for innovation

We need a national plan that will require industrial plants in Israel to upgrade to smart plants.

A general view shows Dead Sea Works factory at the Dead Sea, Israel July 17, 2018

The social and geographic periphery: First to pay, last to benefit?

The corona crisis exposed the unhealthy state of Israeli society and further underscored the gaps between the country’s center and its periphery.

An emphasis on making a profit could undermine the breadth and depth of Israel's postal service – jeopardizing delivery to towns in the geographic periphery [Illustrative]

Israel: Ignored transportation failures and forgotten traffic jams

An advanced and suitable “intra-periphery” transportation infrastructure is a timely necessity.

An illustration of the Tel Aviv light rail Purple Line.

Don’t label us a periphery

The time has come for a genuine national plan that will offer those living in “the periphery” something more than just shortening the time they are stuck in traffic.

Overhead view of Beersheba

The academic, business and social sectors joining forces will increase Israel’s strength

Higher education and training are the thresholds for entering the labor market and for gaining occupational mobility, and they also contribute to social cohesion.

‘ THE COUNTRY needs to promote a national plan for their continuing training and accompaniment, so that they can apply for  higher paying jobs,’ the author writes

Technological education as a driver of social mobility

With the appropriate policy it will be possible to narrow social gaps, increase social equality and promote social mobility in Israel.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to students involved in high-tech related programs during a Cyber Security Conference in Tel Aviv in January.

The solution to Israel’s shortage of hi-tech workers lies in the periphery

Why should we import workers to the Israeli economy while young Israelis from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are not given the opportunity to acquire an education?

We need more of this. The logo of Mellanox Technologies is seen at the company’s headquarters in Yokne’am