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A coup d'état

Prof. Elon Vadia at the Israeli chip club meeting, 23/6/14. Photo: Shmuel Oster

All brain researchers at the Hebrew University signed a letter: to excel in science, curiosity and freedom of thought are required and these are in danger from the dictatorship

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Forty male and female researchers, the entire staff of the Multidisciplinary Center for Hebrew Brain Research express fear of limitations that will be imposed on freedom of thought and the politicization of higher education, which will result in limitations on research that may upset the government and deteriorate the quality of research as in Hungary
Presidents, rectors and CEOs of research universities in Israel, including Prof. Aryeh Tsavan, chairman of the RA and president of Bar Ilan University; Prof. Asher Cohen, president of the Hebrew University; Prof. Ariel Porat, president of Tel Aviv University; Prof. Uri Sion, president of the Technion; Prof. Alon Chen, president of the Weizmann Institute and Prof. Ron Rubin, president of Haifa University. Photo credit: Courtesy of the Hebrew University

The heads of the research universities in Israel: This is a difficult and sad day for all of us, a day we feared for a long time

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"The constitutional coup that the government of Israel is dragging the country into will be a disaster for the academy as well! We call on the legislators in the Knesset - do not reach out to damage the democratic foundations of the State of Israel! Stop before it is too late! You must create a broad consensus on essential questions about the nature of the regime in Israel!
relocation. Illustration: depositphotos.com

73% of faculty members fear that they will be forced to leave the country if the coup goes ahead

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This is according to a new survey conducted by the Israeli Young Academy during the month of March. In the segmentation of the results by age, it can be seen that there is an increase in the chances of leaving at all ages, but it is more pronounced for younger faculty members
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