Recent BGU Media Coverage Following October 7 Terrorist Attacks
BGU's response to the terrorist attacks has been featured on CNN, The New York Times, NBC Nightly News and many other media outlets.
NY Times: BGU On The Front Lines Supporting Israel
At Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, dorms turned into barracks and medical students manned emergency rooms. Dozens from the university community were killed in the Hamas attacks.
Liora Argamani Pleads To See Daughter Again
Liora Argamani, the mother of BGU second-year engineering student, Noa Argamani who was kidnapped on Oct 7 by Hamas terrorists, fears she will not live to see her daughter again as her battle with stage 4 brain cancer continues to intensify.
Haaretz: Historians React to “Genocide” Accusations
Prof. Tuvia Friling, a professor emeritus at BGU, co-authored a response to a recent New York Times piece that charges Israel with genocide and ethnic cleansing without evidence.
BGU President: University Presidents Must Condemn Hate
In a new Times of Israel op-ed, BGU President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz writes: "Academia’s reluctance to condemn such speech under the guise of protecting free speech is not just cowardly; it is morally reprehensible."
JNS Spotlights Ben-Gurion Day in the USA
Paula Kabalo, Head of BGU's Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism and featured speaker of Ben-Gurion Day in the USA 2023, reflects on David Ben-Gurion's four tests of the Negev and how it relates to the current situation.
Israel Hayom: A4BGU Amplifies Relevance of Ben-Gurion
Ben-Gurion Day in the USA took place on Sunday, November 19th to honor the legacy of Israel's founding father, David Ben-Gurion. His powerful words are more poignant than ever following Hamas' brutal attacks on Israel, on October 7.
Times of Israel: A4BGU CEO Addresses the Negev’s Future
In a Times of Israel op-ed, CEO Doug Seserman writes, "Right now, it’s difficult to envision the day after the war. But make no mistake, there will be a day after, and then "the future of Israel will emerge from the Negev" will ring truer than ever.
BGU Prof. Reli Hershkovitz Recalls Scenes from Oct. 7
Prof. Reli Hershkovitz, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University and Head of the Women and Maternity Department at Soroka University Medical Center took immediate action following the attacks on October 7.
First US College President In Israel Since Oct 7 Visits BGU
President of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Andrew Rehfeld, visited the campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on Sunday in the first such visit by a leader of an American academic institution since the start of war.