BGU & YOU | NOVEMBER 2023

#Israel First, I want to express my condolences and share my pain at the loss of 16 members of the University community, students and faculty, and the difficult time we find ourselves in. I want to send all of you a huge hug from here, on the northern border where I’m protecting the communities.

#USA A4BGU held its Annual Board Meeting in New York on October 22 24 and its Annual Tribute Brunch in Philadelphia on November 5. Importantly, we have mobilized the NEGEV PREVAILS campaign to raise awareness and resources for BGU’s Emergency Response. To date, we raised approximately $5.5M. Unfortunately, like much of the world, we are At the end of the day, we will return to the benches of the academy, we will return to educate students, we will return to rebuild this country, because we have no other choice. We have no other country and we must not allow the enemy, even after such a grave failure as October 7, even one step

closer. We will win, both because we have no other choice and because we are a strong nation. Dr. Yom Tov Samia, Maj.-Gen. (Res.)

experiencing pro-Hamas and antisemitic threats on college campuses and in our cities across the US. We stand proudly and firmly with Israel, our community at BGU and the Negev. TOGETHER WE WILL PREVAIL. Gary DeBode, New York

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STRONG AND UNITED WE WILL PREVAIL