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Intelligence Corps
Wisely Chooses the University
The University of Haifa won a nationwide tender to educate elite
members of the Israel Defense Force’s Intelligence Corps. The
program, which leads to a B.A. degree, is the first of its kind in
Israel.
Called the Havatzlot (Lilies) program, the special three-year course
of study joins the B.A. program for Israeli Navy officers officially
launched here during the Board of Governors Meeting (see story p.
1) and its veteran M.A. program for senior IDF officers.
“The University of Haifa has a long history of cooperation with the
security forces,” said University President Prof. Aaron Ben-Ze’ev in
formally announcing the program. “It is reflected in special
curricula, in absorbing students, and in research institutes that
have been set up in this discipline.”
“Our University attributes great importance to this cooperation and
is proud to integrate this prestigious program.”
The Havatzlot program, the Intelligence Corps’ flagship program, is
one of the most prestigious that the IDF offers. Its purpose is to
train a very high quality group of intelligence research officers
who will constitute the spearhead of this corps.
The program will involve a double major, one being Middle East
History, in the course of which students will receive broad basic
knowledge of Middle East subjects, Arabic, political science, and
international relations. The students' second major will be a choice
of economics, computer sciences, mathematics, or philosophy. They
will also receive some military and intelligence courses.
The academic studies parallel the three years of compulsory service
incumbent on all post-high school inductees into the IDF. They will
undergo basic training and some other military training, during the
summer semester breaks. During their studies, the soldiers will live
in the University dorms on campus. After gaining a degree and their
officer rank, the soldiers will serve a further six years as
research officers.
The first class of the Havatzlot program, which begins this summer,
has 25 soldier students, men and women. They were selected from a
pool of some 4,000 applicants. Havatzlot will be conducted in
cooperation with Intelligence Corps officers and a senior academic
advisor, Prof. Joseph Nevo of the Dept. of Middle East History, will
supervise the program academically.
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