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“Israeli academia cannot serve as a sanctuary for individuals spreading blood libels against their own country,” Professors for a Strong Israel said, strongly condemning Hairston’s post.<\/p>\n
Tel Hai College condemned the now-edited social media post made by senior lecturer Dr. Ilana Hairston on the second anniversary of the October 7 massacre<\/a>, claiming that Israel, like the Third Reich, has lost its right to exist.<\/p>\n Hairston’s words do not represent Tel Hai College as a whole, the college said in a statement published, noting that it proudly stands with its reservist students and Israel security forces.<\/p>\n “Just as the Third Reich lost its right to exist, so too did Israel,” the now-edited post read. “In the same way murderers and rapists have the right to exist in prison, Israeli leaders have the right to a life-long stint behind bars.”<\/p>\n “The genocidal state in all its glory,” Hairston wrote in the post, condemning Israel for its “horrific” treatment of the detained flotilla activists<\/a> and detailing the alleged beatings and threats the activists were put through.<\/p>\n