Talk:Open University of Israel

Do all courses require some face-to-face teaching?

"Open university" is sometimes used for distance learning universities (e.g. Open Universities Australia) which offer some courses with no face-to-face requirement. I did a history course with Open Universities Australia while not even in Australia. Does the Open University of Israel have such courses? It might be good to clarify this. --Singkong2005 ^talk 05:55, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

It is possible, though it is not common, for people abroad to study in the Open University. They have to pay slightly more for that privilege, have no classes and have to take their tests in the Israeli Embassy, though. Simpsonary 15:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

It is also possible for local students to study without face to face teaching, and attending only the final exams. Liransh 19:04, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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    may i know the courses offered by the university? if so please.
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Samir Kuntar

Is it appropriate that Samir Kuntar is presented as: "Samir Kuntar, former member of the Palestine Liberation Front who was convicted by Israel of the murder of a 4 year old girl by smashing her skull" in the notable alumini list? All the other names only have their jobs/title, nothing more. Also the evidence point to Kuntar being framed by Israel and that he did not kill the girl, so I do not belie it is appropriate to present him in this way. --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 04:27, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

If notability is for smashing a skull then yes. One's terrorist is another's freedom fighter and you got to do what you got to do.Cptnono (talk) 04:38, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Firstly, there are no sources cited for these people. Secondly, I believe the edit that added the skull detail to Kuntar's entry was a joke and not meant to be taken seriously. Provided a source can be found that says Samir Kuntar is an alumnus, he can be mentioned here and should be described using wording from the source and given equal weight as the other alumni. E.g. "Samir Kuntar, former member of the Palestine Liberation Front" could be ok. --Dailycare (talk) 19:06, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

You can click on the link for Kuntar and see plenty of sources describing how he was convicted of murdering a 4 year old girl by smashing her skull. I added the skull detail not as a joke, but after seeing repeated attempts to imply that the conviction of this child murderer is somehow 'suspect' because it was an Israeli court that convicted him. If we are going to go into lengthy details like that, fine, let's add them all. I am fine with using the same one line that the Wikipedia article uses to describe Kuntar, as the first sentence of his article:"former member of the Palestine Liberation Front who was convicted of murder". That is his source of notability, and that is what should be mentioned here. I invented "it's not you, it's me" (talk) 20:43, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Can you please stop reverting so much and use the talk page. With the skull portion being remove, it seems perfectly reasonable to mention the conviction. Why did you revert?Cptnono (talk) 18:22, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

The conviction is far more the primary source of notability (and notoriety) than is the former membership. The conviction not only needs to be included, it should be stated first. Hertz1888 (talk) 18:38, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Its not the conviction that makes him noteable, its the attack against Israel.--Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 19:16, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

Would replacing the convicted murderer part with the line about crushing the girls skull be preferred then? I think the conviction summarizes his notability but am of course interested in alternatives. Just mentioning the organization is a watered down cop out. What makes him notable? Add the line if you have a suggestion.Cptnono (talk) 05:28, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

It is only an Israeli claim that he crushed the girls skull. Its not a fact. We should not reprint what is most likely a lie as a fact. We can change the sentence to: "former member of the Palestine Liberation Front that participated in an attack against Israel" --Supreme Deliciousness (talk) 15:26, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

The Open University now awards doctoral degrees

As of Feb 2022, the Open University is authorized by the CHE to confer doctoral degrees, in education at first and later in other fields.

https://www.openu.ac.il/news/pages/phd_announcement.aspx

I think the page needs to be updated to reflect this change. 93.172.202.57 (talk) 09:40, 9 July 2022 (UTC)