(haipo) - The name of Dr. Karen Assig (34) from Carmel, a breast cancer researcher who is currently doing a post-doctorate at the University of Haifa, recently made headlines, when she published on Facebook a sharp response to the harsh statements of the Rector of the University of Haifa against Netanyahu's supporters, as part of an interview he gave to "New York Times".
It all started, as mentioned, after an interview with Prof. Gur Elroy, Rector of Haifa University, was published in the New York Times, in which, among other things, the professor made harsh statements against Netanyahu's supporters, whom he called "Messianics", and added that for him, they are "no longer his brothers".
Dr. Assig, who was outraged by the rector's words, replied to him in a sharp post on Facebook, and from there things began to gain momentum.
It should be noted that the rector of the university is the supreme authority when it comes to the study programs, he is a member of the various committees and is also responsible, among other things, for the promotion and appointments of the members of the academic staff.
How will he decide who to promote?
"I was very hurt by the fact that the rector said that the Bibists and the ultra-Orthodox are not his brothers," Dr. Assig told Lahi Fe. "I am a Likudnik and a supporter of the legal reform, and in my eyes it is very serious that these words are heard from the rector of a university, who is supposed to be like 'our father' in this context. I couldn't help but ask myself according to what considerations he would decide who to promote among the researchers at the university, wouldn't he prefer to give a promotion to someone who thinks like him, or believes in the same things he believes in?"
"We are silenced"
"For me, it goes without saying that the university should be a place of many opinions, but it is clear that this principle is not being met. It seems that the university has only one opinion - against the legal reform. My feeling, and really not only mine, is that we are being used as a political tool. Forced strikes are held and letters are distributed On behalf of the university on behalf of all the students, and our side, which thinks differently, is simply silenced. The impression is created here that all the students, without exception, are against the reform, which is absolutely not true."
Maybe you also oppose those who think differently than you?
"This is not true, my husband does not support the reform and I have no problem with that. Everyone is going to demonstrate on their own day. I come from a family that has two other biological brothers and 5 adopted brothers. Of the adopted brothers, there are 3 with special needs and one Muslim brother, who has now converted. So to say about me that I don't know how to accept the other, considering the family I came from, is impossible," she says and emphasizes: "There are also other statements that are heard that, even if I really don't agree with them, are completely legitimate in my eyes. But such a statement - "We are no longer brothers", has no place in the conversation, because it is a divisive statement, which will lead to hatred of brothers, besides the fact that I think it is problematic that people who are in such a state position express their opinion and more in such a way."
What will be your next step?
"I am working on a letter of complaint, I think I will address it to the Council for Higher Education. This is a problem that can be seen at the top of the academy."
In another post of yours, you told about a good friend you lost over the issue...
"Yes, I had a friend, just like a sister... It's still a little difficult for me to talk about it, because I miss her very much. I loved her very, very much. We had a really good relationship. We connected immediately, it was love at first sight. I felt that we were succeeding in creating a world No wars, a world of peace and coexistence. I loved her with my heart and soul and she me. I felt that it was really a pure love that did not depend on anything. I would just wait to meet her in the morning at work, she would call me "my love" and I would tell her, "my sister" and we would hug We studied together, we helped each other a lot, we would have lunch together, we celebrated family events with each other...
Thanks to her, I was at a Muslim wedding for the first time, and in all kinds of ceremonies I didn't know, I was happy with her, I danced with her... She came to my daughter's wedding, we were very close and even after the doctorate ended we stayed in touch and talked a lot on the phone. We used to help each other a lot, in everything, in work matters, in crises that each went through... I felt that she was there for me and I was there for her, the feeling was always one of complete reciprocity.
Until one morning, when I got up and read comments on Facebook to a post I had uploaded the night before about the Weizmann Institute, after something about the "dictatorship" was published on the institute's Facebook page and the entire page was blacked out. In my post I came out against it and argued that during this process they give a hand to violence and bullying and that an academic institution should not involve all this politics, and added that I am ashamed of the entire academy for what was done.
In response, the same friend wrote: "Shame on you, I'm your 'sister' and I think something else, so are you ashamed of me?" I don't remember the exact words, but she really got into me and it was very, very hurtful. And besides, she did it in front of everyone, which is another stinging injury. I felt that she was doing me an injustice, because she herself wrote many very harsh things against IDF soldiers, and even shared a photo of terrorists who were killed and indicated a broken heart. So this subject has met me several times already, but I decided, in the name of my love for her and our friendship, not To sever contact with her because of these things, also with the understanding that she grew up in a different environment and culture, and that for her these are freedom fighters.
It was very hard for me to contain these things, but I accepted it, in spite of everything, that's why it really hurt me that she reacted the way she did and threw these insults at me and claimed that because I think differently, I'm not her sister, for me it's so wrong.
It should be understood that this is not the point at all, each person is of course entitled to hold any position he wants and also express it in a wavering manner. But when it comes to a private person, it's different from an academic institution, which should remain state-owned and we don't need to bring all this dirt into it, because at least half of the people are right-wing, and it can be assumed that this is also the case in that academic institution, so why should we feel excluded?
After I recovered, I was going to write all these things to her, but I saw that she had already managed to delete me from her friends, so that's what made me come out and share the hard feelings in that post."
How do you feel about all the happenings around you after you published your response to the rector?
"I'm going through a very complex period since the things became public. I think no one should feel the pain I'm experiencing now. People call me unimaginable nicknames on social networks, wish my family and me bad. And for what? I'm not extreme in my views, but Even if I was, that's not a reason. I wasn't talking about reform yes or no, I was simply saying that a university, which is supposed to be the most pluralistic, is so far from it. How politicized dominates, and I feel like I don't belong. When the rector says something like that, that I Not his sister, he at once put me in a strange and unusual place. This means that anyone at the university, who opposes the reform, is indeed his brother. Why should I feel left out?"
Your uncle, the screenwriter Manny Assig, wrote that you "kidnap" more because of the family connection, do you agree with him?
"I am very proud of Manny and am ready to absorb fire in the process of attributing to him with love. On the other hand, I also receive a lot of warmth and love from many, many people who admire him and those who see him as a brave fighter for justice."
Do you have concerns that the very fact that you are being interviewed may jeopardize your career?
"There is a risk here that I thought about in advance and I decided to take it, because the situation here is very disturbing to me. I have been in the academy for 14 years and I have been silenced for 14 years. Now I am fighting for it. I also think that people see the shaming I am dealing with, and it is a bit like insurance For me. I'm sure that if it appears that my standing in the academy is damaged after what I'm going through, people will be upset about it."
Was there any connection between you and the rector as a result of these things?
"There was no connection between us, and I did expect it, especially since I was interviewed and I said Ruth everything, as far as I'm concerned he is my brother."
If she wants to study cancer, study her personality!
Repulsive McCarthyist!
All the academies in the State of Israel are on the pure left!!!
After finishing his post in America, my son-in-law asked to return and be accepted at one of the academies as a geneticist biological researcher.
No academy has approved his acceptance!! He is right-wing in his views!!
That's how my daughter, her husband and their four talented children remained. My beloved grandchildren.
They were forced to stay in America.
The loss is not only mine!!
Cro Essig,
A smart person would understand what is happening to you. We will try to explain:
There is no "each person has his own opinion" issue here. There is something else here: to support the legal revolution is the destruction of the state, the corruption of public institutions, the deterioration of the relationship between the government and the citizen.
As soon as you support the revolution and its corruption - you contribute to the destruction.
Hence the opposition to you and your likes.
You are not a sister of people who want the good of the State of Israel. on the contrary.
Anyone who superficially writes that all checks are fake is worth nothing.
Do you call yourself Yimin Livli?
shame on you
I heard you at your demonstration in front of the Knesset and you sound whiny. You only have 3 postings which is nothing.
You signed up to study medicine and no one stopped you, so maybe that's the most you can do and I'm not underestimating that it's very difficult to get accepted into medicine and become a doctor.
And yes, I understand people who boycott you as an opponent of Bibism. I see Bibism as an existential danger and I fear that my children might not live in my country.
You cried like your uncle even though you are very successful in short you belonged to the eat me drink me camp even though in practice you are in the top decile.
And finally, I don't understand how a disadvantaged person like you is Noam at a demonstration when the crowd is holding Noam's signs?
If the difference between the parties is so great - why don't I believe any of them except for those that have become almost irrelevant??
I read all the comments carefully.
I must point out two interesting things.
Those who supported the Essig Foundation in plain language and in simple words supported it without defaming anyone.
Compared to those who understood those who distanced themselves from it or rejected it and also added slander.
Keren Assig is a genius!! She doesn't think that appointments are based first of all on the number of publications and their quality? Participation in conferences and their organization? Does she really think that appointments at the academy are like jobs at the Likud center??? Too bad…
A pathetic girl in my opinion. Lives in a movie and gets fat all day. She doesn't accept other people's opinions and blocks them and then says she is a pluralist.
Completely!
That's exactly what she did to me
It is very serious that an educated, intelligent woman with a respectable academic degree sympathizes with the regime and legal coup! Mila Shabori with Haaretz on the right supports the serious dangers to the future of the country as a dictatorial country with a dictator who is accused of crimes, corrupt, tyrannical and a liar who drives an entire country crazy because of his personal interests only! How can such a woman support today's right wing, the vile, the liar,
The manipulative, motivated by a desire to gain control and power without question and turn the country into a declared fascist. This is a shame for the inintelligence of any intelligent person, and it turns out that there are also intelligent and educated people who are delusional and stupid!!!
What fun it is, feed me, drink me the fattening victims in whose name this crazy government creates a legal coup, theft of state and religion under the auspices of a dark religion and fascist people. Mrs. Doctor, you won't be promoted because you're not good enough, that's all. It is not related to rakatal licking the real Avishai Benmachiim in Isha. You are tired of us.
The secular hatred for everything religious is also dark and fascist
Also the lack of inclusion of opinions and culture different from yours is plagiarism when you pretend to represent pluralism and freedom of expression
Dr. Assig, you are a true inspiration, have impressive courage and are a great example to all of us on the proud and upright right!
very brave To say such nonsense without fear!! Who excluded her, and who silences her?? Just humming the drink-me-eat-me tune, which is like the soundtrack of her life. sad.
It is very sad that expressing a position in a "democratic" country is considered brave... It just shows what kind of mental terror we live in because of the enlightened left. It's time to balance the discourse and make voices heard.
It's not just at Haifa University, it's in all universities and everywhere. It's time to rebel and give the right-wing tone what it deserves and not apologize for anything. To say I'm a proud right-winger is the shame and disgrace that use their position to trample people so far, we're with you Keren Assig
On Haifa? The name should be changed to Jenin University
Doctor Essig - Shapo 🌹
The problem is not right-wing voters, the problem is the supporters of the coup. Whoever wants to abolish democracy is not my brother.
who wants to be your brother
Jump out the window mindless
You are not aware of what you are writing but are just throwing up words.
You keep repeating the same empty words as all the rest of your friends and we will still insist that this is the problem.
Have you read my proverb?
Do not speak in the ears of a fool, because he will despise the ruler.
We don't talk anymore with cognitive walls, when you learn what you want to say - you will break away.
The enlightened rector is a racist and dark man, who licks his cronies and makes payments to the incompetent just because they are friends. Everyone hates you in the office, you abusive bully from Gloman. Michal, Verdit Ester and Dana mess with you from morning to night. An unworthy person and a failed university. Let's sell to the Chinese and the house for the pig pension.
There is nothing wrong with being right-wing. My views are right-wing and a large part of the opponents of the coup are right-wing. The problem is in clinging to a leader who destroys every good part of the country, who surrenders to the messianic extremism of the country's laws, the problem is in blindly following someone who is trying to rule by force from a regime coup that will lead us to chaos, who is running amok to impose laws on us that will make the country undemocratic. The problem is in the human profile of some of its elected officials who have become disaffected, the problem is in contacting a sector that tries to exclude women, discriminate, drown and harm minorities - all of these are contrary to the basic values that the academy advocates. Dr. Essig, this is not a question of left or right, it is not a question of supporting one political position or another. It is becoming after undemocratic values and turning the State of Israel into a country that has lost its compass based on the Declaration of Independence while being led towards the abyss.
Start learning what you are talking about.
You recite neuroses that were shoved down your throat.
Do yourself a big favor and read this article.
It is very healthy to deal with different opinions, and you may even be able to develop an independent opinion of your own.
No one reads these inflated words anymore, it's emotionally and cognitively exhausting.
The mature bush is waiting for you here, when you are ready.
The country has not lost the north nor the conscience. People like you who are constantly inciting are the cause of the destruction and you are not right-wing at all and we are not messianic at all what is happening is the poor people of the century give the opinion and it will not stand up and will not be elected a government that was not given a day of grace nor to the citizens delusional people Bored, bored, dictators allow themselves everything and we will not give it a hand, so lady, sleep and stand on the right side
Even after everything that is happening in the country, you continue the same ridiculous tune about dictatorship and messiahs??? While there are endless riots and attacks against Jews. You are blind! It is enough to look at history and understand that it is all about control and power. You want absolute control and power and for everything to be conducted according to your worldview - that's my love, that's a dictatorship!
It's a shame you don't have a holistic and comprehensive vision and you're not far-sighted. Your mistake will hit you later in about one to two months.
And you managed to take advantage of someone's only opportunity to speak from the heart, on behalf of many,
to cancel it.
Just talk to the wall.
You are one big shame.
It is well known that the academy in Israel is the stronghold of the progressive liberal left. The percentage of Mizrahim in the academy is only about 10 percent. Apparently the Mizrahi are not talented enough. Judge Barak also claimed that he could not find a single Moroccan judge worthy of serving on the Supreme Court... One of the most famous is that there are many lecturers who slander the country to the ears and eyes of foreign academics, even though they receive salaries and grants from the country. He made one of the lecturers at Be'er Sheva University who did not allow a soldier in uniform to enter the lecture. Right-wing people are afraid to express their opinion openly lest they be swallowed up. The endowment that allocates funds to universities is supposed to address this phenomenon. Hope the Minister of Education will give his opinion on this serious matter.
It's a shame that all the education she received didn't help her understand anything
Let her go study with the bibists, her enlightened friends
You'll be fine
As the Age of Enlightenment who preach tolerance, pluralism and freedom of expression turn out to be a herd of Bolsheviks who only agree to it according to their world view, they will immediately call anyone who does not conform to their view extremists, fascists or anti-democrats..
These are always the same distorted-on purpose and hypocritical-on purpose rules of the game with which they try to control their mental terror and to divide and rule the state with Mapam and Mapai and Rakah only their names have changed to disguise, but nothing in the propaganda, exclusion and silencing has changed.
Fascists will always claim that they are oppressed by the Enlightenment conspiracy, even when the last thinker is in prison, they will continue to claim so...
It is clear that the entire right wing is immediately fascists.. and you enlightened people who preach tolerance, pluralism and freedom of expression turn out to be a herd of Bolsheviks who only agree to this according to their worldview, they will immediately call anyone who does not conform to their view extremists, fascists or anti-democrats..
These are always the same distorted-on purpose and hypocritical-on purpose rules of the game with which they try to control their mental terror and to divide and rule the state with Mapam and Mapai and Rakah only their names have changed to disguise, but nothing in the propaganda, exclusion and silencing has changed. The stronghold of academia has been captured by the extreme left and the post-Zionists. Due to too much politicization, it is only deteriorating in the world ranking.
Please be precise, the Rector's words were not against Netanyahu's supporters but against the *reform* supporters,
That is, against a heterogeneous group that statistically makes up over 50% of the students in the institution that he manages in a distorted way.
Karen, you're not the only one.
We don't have the money to throw away the title, we don't have the privilege to speak our mind, we have no choice but to absorb and absorb and absorb. The teasing is endless, invitations to "special zooms and panic about the coup d'état", worried inquiries from the dean about the great disaster we must oppose.
As if getting a degree today is easy and cheap, we still have to deal with lecturers and faculty members who shout at us that it is obligatory to oppose something we are in favor of, and that really,
They are taking revenge on us.
patty
Like most universities in Israel, Andy the management and their leaders allow themselves too much to open their mouths. The funds and the investment that are spent on them are taken from the right-wing taxpayers as well. I would throw one of them into hell so that the others will see and see and think hard about how they behave to the right-wing and those with the other views they force theirs on.
It's better for everyone not to annoy us, because with us right-wingers according to their teachings, culture is less controlling and we don't just block Ayalon.