{"id":27379,"date":"2021-07-15T09:04:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T09:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27379"},"modified":"2021-07-15T09:04:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T09:04:05","slug":"in-these-difficult-times-ono-refuses-to-accept-hate-and-social-disintegration","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/in-these-difficult-times-ono-refuses-to-accept-hate-and-social-disintegration\/","title":{"rendered":"In these Difficult Times, Ono Refuses to Accept Hate and Social Disintegration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prof. Yuval Elbashan, Dean of Ono Academic College\u2019s Multicultural Campuses in Jerusalem, published an open letter to students and staff regarding the current situation.\u00a0 He opened his missive saying, \u201cDifficult days are upon us. The seams of Israeli society are unraveling before our eyes.\u00a0 It seems to many that the student who was my friend only yesterday is no longer my friend and may even be joining cause with those who seek to injure me. We at Ono Academic College refuse to accept this!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Elbashan continued noting that Ono was established as a multicultural institution that constitutes an academic home for all those living in Israel: Jews, Arabs, women, men, ultra-Orthodox religious, secular, Muslims, Christians, Bedouin, Druze, Palestinians and Israelis. He wrote, \u201cThis is our way. It is no surprise then that Ono is the most diverse institution in the Israeli higher education system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He clarified further: \u201cWe will not accept any kind of violence &#8211; verbal, physical or otherwise.\u00a0 We call upon you to show restraint and respect each other and the boundaries we have set, boundaries that allow us all to continue learning together, even when outside, other voices are thundering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Elbashan concluded: \u201cPrecisely in times of destruction and difficulty we seek to put into practice our vision of Ono as an island of non-violence, while we listen and respect all parts of Israeli society. In addition, when this round of fighting is over, we intend to have a sincere and genuine dialogue between all the partners on campus &#8211; students, faculty and staff. Only in this way can we rebuild together, the healthy society that we all long for. I hope these days will come soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/Elbashan-Mesage-5.21-1-702x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/Elbashan-Mesage-5.21-1-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/Elbashan-Mesage-5.21-1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/Elbashan-Mesage-5.21-1-768x1121.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/Elbashan-Mesage-5.21-1-1053x1536.jpg 1053w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/Elbashan-Mesage-5.21-1-1403x2048.jpg 1403w, https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/07\/Elbashan-Mesage-5.21-1.jpg 1557w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Yuval Elbashan, Dean of Ono Academic College\u2019s Multicultural Campuses in Jerusalem, published an open letter to students and staff regarding the current situation.\u00a0 He opened his missive saying, \u201cDifficult [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27380,"menu_order":569,"template":"","class_list":["post-27379","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}