there is a way to find out whose decision it was. If you can find Eichmann and you can find terrorists, you can find out the decision maker if you REALLY have the will. PC in Israel. It's an infectious disease you need to root out!

For the Leftists who dominate every aspect of Israeli society, including academia, it was never about Jewish pride. The idea was to create a new sort of culture, one that was to be as far away from being Jewish as possible. And this make-believe Israeli culture, one with no roots in the past and fueled by the hope of being loved by those who hate us, was doomed to fail. So now there in neither Jewish pride nor Israeli pride. And this is for certain, while hotbeds of treachery like Haifa U., Ben Gurion U., etc., etc. continue to dismantle every last vestige if Israeli pride, our dear government, security forces and media will continue to harass the last of the proud Jews amongst us, the so-called settlers and yeshivot hesder.

Is it something in the tap water? They have lost the "smart gene".

Thank goodness in America we sing our "National Anthem" at public events, graduations including sports to show pride in our Nation that protects our Freedom and Liberty. Israel Academia should not be afraid to sing its National Anthem at any graduation as it is not a sign of tolerance but of cowardice.

the omission ot the national anthem of Israel, at the Haifa University convocation, is an absolute disgrace. Shame Shame Shame on the weak, spineless, jelly fish running that place.an absolute outrage in an Israeli institutiion that is, like many things in Israel, being taken over by Arabs. The Arab students arrogantly go about the campus as though they own it, in denial that it was founded and nurtured and paid for by JEWS. as is everything they enjoy in Israel.

It doesn't consider minorities of Israel. It has no place in a democracy what so ever.

every western nation, apparently Israel as well, finds it necessary to compromise on it's own values when it comes to Islam. Here in the Netherlands an institute of higher education ceased the practice of having a christmas tree in the main hall at christmas as muslim students could take offense.....

and in obama's and all jewish americans ass. we (all israel supporters) should carry the torch alone. everyone else are too scared of what their liberal friends would say...

but not with our damn tax money

Send my regards to your sister!

Less and less schoolchildren know the words of our national anthem. Singing the Hatikvah has become based on the following: Ko o lod ba le va..la la la la la. A disgrace. Education Minister , where are you?

Does even such a thing exists ?

only Arabs and Sephardim have pride! ;-))

Spot on!

The University of Haifa, and any institution which follows it's despicable example, must be made to pay a very high price for this loathsome deed. Let every good Jew strike it off their donor's list till it apologizes for it's abominable conduct and guarantees it will never be repeated in the future. Not one penny to the University of Haifa.

Gregg I know a lot of anthems and none of them tells about minorities. Remember Israel is Medinat Israel and Israel means the Jewish People The others nations accepted this in the UN. Who doesn't accept this must leave Israel. In Brasil the indians, the negroes, the japaneses, the italians and others immigrants call themselves Brazilians, the jews call themselves brazilians. The name of the problem in Israel is Arabs and leftists.

There is a world epidemia, and it is the feeling of shame and loss of pride for Israel and being Jewish. When did it start? Some say after the Lebanon war. Regarless of when. Israel and the Jewish diaspora has to regain their pride of who we are. A state that never stopped being at war, not by choice, but even in the mist of it succeeded to advance, democratically, economically and socially. A state that holds the highiest moral standards and the only state that hold their soldiers to the same law as their civilians. The uprising of anti-israelism, aka anti-semitism is winning and making the Jews feel ashame. THERE IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF. We may make some mistakes here and there but we look into it. I AM PROUD OF BEING A JEW! I AM PROUD OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL. And who does not want to hear the Hatikva in a commencement ceremony should not study in an Israeli University. Be proud, teach your children who we are and to be proud of who we are.

Lack of knoweledge of Tora & Talmud bringing so absurd and irational behaviour, which an Isreali academic center fall in a pit of ignorance and stupidity. Shame of you.

THIS GUY needs to have his sensibilities checked...they probably were shot off in the war...

Where in the Hatikva are there references to racism against minorities? I didn't see any the last time I checked.I suppose you find the Israeli flag to be offensive too because it features a Magen David as suppose to a Crescent. Is it also racist to express your Zionist sentiments as well?Wouldn't that make you a hypocrite for living in Israel?I suppose you would rather see the PA control Israel than a Jewish state.You may as well be part of the Neturei Kartah since your anti Israel views are not too far off from theirs. I hate to blow your socialistic bubble but Israel is not and will never be part of the new world order.You either find a way to cope with your disappointment and be more supportive of the country who graciously took you in or you leave and spew your drivel about racism elsewhere.Thank G-d people like you have no political power or you would be a hero in the Satmar community.

But that is what is unique about the Jewish character, the ability to empathize with others so much we are willing to give up who we are in order to placate others. You have arrived to the core of our problem as a people. But this wonderfully unselfish attribute is what may do us in.

for those Jews who value their inestimable heritage ,the Tora. The way we think about ourselves,set the standards for others,who will respect us,and our just demands.Nobody will contest anymore our right to live unconditionally in our homeland Israel.

Haifa. Tell all the staff that they must sign loyalty oaths or lose their jobs. Only allow those that served in the I.D.F. to attend places of higher education. The others can go overseas for their studies, but their degreesshould not be recognized here. Make sure there are Israeli flags in every classroom and office and play Hatikva in the morning and evening.

I read about this disgrace a few days ago at Zionist Conspiracy blog. Nu, so where is the Minister of Education? Where are the outraged members of the Knesset? It's not like this is a new phenomenon, we all know our universities are infested by looney leftists, traitors, & outright anti-Semites. And, better yet, we pay their salaries. Many departments are wholly dedicated to anti-Israel propaganda. How many tenured professors travel the world to denounce Israel? But as soon as anyone says anything, we get shrieks of ''academic freedom'' - McCarthyism - ''freedom of speech'' - blah, blah, blah. The real problem is that our politicians are cowards, they're afraid of the Left, afraid of criticism. It's just easier & safer to say nothing, do nothing. The administrators of all our universities should be fired. Anti-Israel professors should be fired. Arab students who participate in anti-Israel demonstrations waving Palestinian flags should be expelled. Let the Left howl.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, a hero and a great man thought that the words and feelings of Hatikvah were fine and that people who were against it were the racists. Who is a racist? Dr. King or Gregg?

you have no shame, then you have no pride.

is that of gays and their parade. Secular Israelis have lost all sense of jewish pride and morality. If not for the government restricting the selling of hametz on pesach and buses running on yom kippur, they would hardly realize they're jewish.