Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Political NewsThe officials say the new legislature creates 'unprecedented interference in the council's independence' and warn it may lead to the exclusion of women and a drop in the standing of Israeli higher educationShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeNoa Limone11:58 PM • July 20 2026 IDTFive members of the Council for Higher Education, the state body governing institutions of higher education, announced on Monday that they were resigning in protest of the law promoting gender segregation in higher education, which passed last week. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel High CourtIsrael educationIsraeli politicsWomen's rightsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran2026 World CupResettle GazaIsrael ElectionsWest Bank settlers HemisphericHaQuizHaaretz PodcastFive Israeli Education Officials to Quit in Protest of Gender Segregation LawTrump Says Netanyahu Won't Be Arrested in U.S. After Mamdani's ThreatsArchaeologists Reveal More Massive Beams From Babylonian Attack on Ancient J'lemIn Iran's Orbit After All: What Hamas' Choice of a New Leader MeansIsrael Police Officers Summoned for Hearing in Assault Probe of Arab ProsecutorRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?Democrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop ThemBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World Cup103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic Vote