Arab Students Anxious After Bar-Ilan Lecturer Accused of Plotting Mass Murder
Translated & summarized from Panet by baba
Arab students at Bar-Ilan University are feeling anxious and targeted after a lecturer was accused of plotting to kill hundreds of Arabs. Student Mahmoud Nassar reported that the Arab Student Movement protested the university's initial response, leading to an unprecedented Arabic email to Arab students. The lecturer, Professor Shachar Neve, is described as having poor teaching but easy exams. The university has organized a preparatory Zoom day for Arab students to ease tensions.
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- Arab students at Bar-Ilan University are anxious after a lecturer was accused of plotting mass murder.
- The accused lecturer is Professor Shachar Neve, who taught mathematics and chemistry.
- Student Mahmoud Nassar stated the Arab Student Movement protested the university's initial response.
- The university sent an unprecedented Arabic email to Arab students following the incident.
- Professor Neve's teaching was described as poor, but his exams were easy.
- The university organized a preparatory Zoom day for Arab students to reduce tension.
Arab students at Bar-Ilan University are experiencing anxiety and fear following the unsealing of the identity of a lecturer accused of planning to murder hundreds of Arabs. Mahmoud Nassar, a fourth-year accounting and economics student from Tarchan, told Panet and Channel Hella that the Arab student body feels targeted, with some fearing the lecturer's alleged 72 recruits might be among them. The accused lecturer was revealed to be Professor Shachar Neve, 59, from Petah Tikva, who teaches mathematics and chemistry courses.
Nassar, who is involved with the Arab Student Movement at the university, stated that the movement sent a formal letter of protest to the university administration for not initially addressing the Arab students after the lecturer's arrest. Subsequently, the university sent an email in Arabic to all Arab students, an unprecedented move. Nassar described Neve as a well-known lecturer whose teaching was considered "poor" but whose exams were easy. He noted that information from students, particularly female students, indicated Neve behaved well towards them, and no Arab students reported experiencing racism from him.
With the academic year set to begin in about a week, Nassar expressed concern, especially for new students, about potential targeting. He mentioned that the university announced a preparatory day for Arab students via Zoom, which he sees as an opportunity to alleviate tension. Nassar also discussed the relatively new Arab Student Movement, formed as a social framework due to university restrictions on political activity. He recalled a recent incident where the movement protested a monitor's remark to veiled students for speaking Arabic, receiving a positive response from the university administration.
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