Arab doctors in Israel are not a threat – they are an invaluable national asset

The barriers facing Bedouin students seeking higher education affect not only them but the entire local population. Imagine a young Bedouin woman who grew up in an unrecognized village with no legal status, with an irregular supply of water and electricity and very scant internet access. She'll be asked in interviews about experiences she has had no chance of acquiring. Her life experience consists of five goats and five little brothers, and even if she is accepted to medical school, she has no infrastructure to support her studies.

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