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About Sapir College

Sapir is Israel’s only college in the Gaza envelope; located less than two miles from the Gaza border. Despite ongoing security risks, it has grown to become one of the largest public colleges in Israel, with over 8,000 students – many of whom are the first in their families to attend an institute of higher education.

Facts and Figures

2

30

1,000

1,470

Miles from the
Gaza border
Students, alumni, and
faculty and staff murdered
Students called up for
active duty
Students, faculty and staff
evacuated (with their families)

 

 

What's up in Sapir?

Her partner, Omri Miran, was kidnapped on October 7th, and is being held in Gaza Lishay Lavi, Director of the Mechina Pre-Academic Programs at Sapir briefed the College’s faculty on her ongoing journey to free her partner and all the other abductees. Lishay’s beloved partner and father of her two daughters, Omri Miran, was kidnapped and has been held in in Gaza for over 5 months. Courageously and openly, Lishay shared with the College’s faculty, her family’s moments of horror on the morning of October 7th, at her home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz.
    • חדשות דף הבית
    • School of Law
    • School of Law
דגל ספיר, דגל ישראל

Sapir launched the academic year!

Sapir opened, online, on December 24, 2023, along with many
other Israeli academic institutions.

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קמפוס ספיר

About Sapir College

Sapir is Israel’s only college in the Gaza envelope;
located less than two miles from the Gaza border.

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דגל ישראל

Border Community

Sapir is a regional anchor for the Western Negev
and well beyond.

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ציוד צבאי

Emergency Needs

Before the war, Sapir’s students were part of the growing population
in the Western Negev, contributing to its success.