University presidents: We'll have to halt studies if we don't receive funds

Universities may have to halt studies if they do not receive promised funds from the Finance Ministry soon, Committee of University Presidents (CUP) head Prof. Menachem Megidor warned on Sunday. "Despite the prime minister's assurances, the money that will enable education is nowhere to be found. The Treasury is delaying its transfer, and has even conveyed in various ways that it does not intend to transfer [it]." In addition, Megidor wrote, "Other budgets which the Finance Ministry promised in the past have not reached us."