A new program to train Haredi intelligence researchers — offering a BA in economics, data analysis, Arabic, and Middle Eastern studies from a Haredi hesder yeshiva in Gan Yavne — was set to be headed by Dr. Mordechai Kedar. According to journalist Doron Kadosh, the IDF Intelligence Directorate blocked the cooperation and did not approve the partnership with Kedar.
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