A final student project at the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture features a tribute to Hamas terrorist leader in Gaza and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar, according to Zionist NGO Im Tirtzu.
The project, titled “One City, Two Nations,” presents a timeline of Arab riots in the central Israeli city of Lod during the IDF’s 2021 “Operation Guardians of the Wall” against Hamas in Gaza. One of the photos shows Sinwar, under the title: “Hamas threatens to fire missiles at the Israeli government if they do not stop the violations at the Al-Aqsa mosque.”
A student at the architecture school in Haifa was quoted by Im Tirtzu as saying that “while the Jewish students are not allowed to mention politics and present exhibitions that may ‘hurt’ the Arab students, the faculty chose to present an incendiary exhibition as a final project?! This is complete madness, a slap in the face of the bereaved families, families of the hostages, and the combat soldiers in the field. How could the faculty approve such a thing?”
Omar Dahan, coordinator of the Im Tirtzu Technion student branch, commented: “Every time you think we have hit rock bottom for incitement in academia, something else comes along and we hit a new low. During a war, the faculty chooses to present an exhibition full of incitement, lies and alternative facts about the events of Guardians of the Wall? The minister of education [Yoav Kisch] must intervene—the madness must stop. Zionism must return to Israeli academia!”
Shai Glick, CEO of the Betselmo NGO, called on the Technion to immediately remove the offending exhibition.
“All the lecturers and heads of the faculty who approved it and all the students who participated in this exhibition must be permanently removed. I also call on the Israel Police to investigate all those involved and prosecute them criminally,” Glick said.
Like their American counterparts, Israeli universities have seen anti-Israel activism from faculty and students since the Hamas-led terrorist invasion of Oct. 7 that killed, wounded and kidnapped thousands.
In May, around 100 students participated in an anti-Israel protest at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus campus, waving PLO flags and chanting inflammatory slogans.
Kan News shared video of the demonstration to its X account, quoting some of the slogans being chanted, such as “There is no solution but to expel the occupier” and “Al-Aqsa has been redeemed in spirit and blood.”
Im Tirtzu held a counter-protest, with students waving Israeli flags and singing the national anthem, “Hatikvah.”
In April, the Israeli police was considering opening an investigation into a Tel Aviv University professor on suspicion of supporting terrorism after she eulogized the murderer of an IDF soldier.