Israeli academia has slammed a possible new ethical code to bar professors from speaking about politics in classrooms.
On Friday, Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett announced the new guidelines for higher education institutions, reports Xinhua news agency.
Bennett said he expects the Higher Education Council, a body that oversees Israel's higher education system, would discuss and approve the code “soon”.
The proposed code, was drafted by Asa Kasher, a professor of philosophy at Tel Aviv University.
Under the code, professors would be forbidden from “promoting their political worldview in class”. Each institution would be required “to establish a unit that would monitor political activity” on campus.