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Students in Haifa: Hitler did not get to it - so we will burn you nowYishai Fridman, Now14, Jan 14, 2024. The Rector of the University of Haifa, Professor Gur Alroey, said that the university administration received screenshots of students' posts and correspondence, including shocking support for the Hamas massacre on October 7 • Alroey immediately suspended those students, but the university administration overturned his decision on the grounds that his actions were done without authority and a trial should be held and discussion between the university and students. The chairman of the student union in Haifa, Elad Asis,...

Professor Yisrael (Robert) Aumann reacted Saturday night to the news that Haifa University’s Executive Committee has decided not to award him an honorary doctorate due to his right-wing political views. Aumann is a Nobel Prize winner in the field of economics. Speaking to Channel 1’s program Roim Olam, Aumann joked : “I’ve prayed and aspired to getting an honorary doctorate from Haifa University for my whole life.” “I’m very disappointed,” he added, sarcastically. Aumann linked the issue to academic boycotts against Israeli schools. “I have to say that we create this issue of boycotts ourselves,” he said. Former Member of...

MK Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) sent a letter Monday to the office of Ami Ayalon, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Haifa University, and Minister of Education Shai Piron (Yesh Atid), appealing the controversial decision not to grant an honorary doctorate to Professor Yisrael Aumann. Professor Aumann is a Nobel Laureate in Economics and a noted academic scholar, yet Haifa University chose to reject him - not based on his scholarship, but ostensibly for his political views. Ayalon and other board members decided Sunday to decline the grant of an honorary doctorate to the laureate, on the grounds that his...

Haifa University has canceled a student event scheduled for Wednesday and which planned to mark the third anniversary of the start of the IDF’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Channel 10 News reported on Tuesday that the reason for the cancellation is the fact that the event’s organizers termed the operation a “massacre” and a “fascist operation” in the invitations it sent out. The cancellation came after Channel 10 publicized on its website the invitation to the event, which was planned by a student group identified with MK Dov Henin’s Communist-based Hadash party. The invitation, which was distributed around campus,...

University of Haifa - Division of Public Affairs & Information [Translated by IMRA] District Court: Rejects Petition - Christmas Tree [Undated] The University of Haifa welcomes the decision of the District Court to reject the petition of a group of students who wanted to dictate how holidays were marked on the campus. The court accepted the position of the University that the decision to place a Christmas tree in the area of the Dean of Students was proper and passed all tests of the protection of free expression. In addition, the court did not recognize the committee of Arab students...