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“We were outraged,” said Nico Slobinsky, Pacific region director of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. “It’s un-Canadian, it’s at odds with our values, it’s unthinkable that any student would be rejected based on their place of origin, race, heritage, ancestry or religion. We are happy to see that the school has reconsidered, but there should not have been restrictions in the first place.”

Rokosh wasn’t returning phone messages Tuesday.

“After significant thought and listening to all interested parties, ISBA has decided to rescind any restriction placed on accepting students from Israel and apologize for any inconvenience,” Rokosh told Postmedia in an e-mail exchange.

The school, with a 2.4-hectare (six-acre) campus on Gabriola, was established in 1997.

Asked whether Daron was the only Israeli turned down, Rokosh wrote back: “We have enjoyed the company of a number of students from Israel in the past. This was a misunderstanding of the UN Resolution and an honest mistake on our part.”

She was apparently referring to a December 2016 resolution by the United Nations Security Council condemning Israel’s establishment of settlements in disputed territories.

Daron hasn’t decided whether he’ll reapply to the school after they reversed their stand, Slobinsky said.

The school gets no funding from B.C.’s advanced education ministry, said a spokesman.

Because the school runs courses shorter than 40 hours and that cost less than $4,000, it is not required to be certified by the provincial government, the spokesman said.

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