On Sunday evening, December 10, leaders of the fifteen member universities of German U15 and of the nine Israeli research universities (VERA) met for a virtual exchange. This is the first time since the attacks of October 7 that a university association from another country has met with the Israeli university heads’ association, VERA.
The university leaders talked about the terrorist attacks by Hamas on October 7, the ongoing war, and the consequences for academic life in Israel. At the same time, they discussed ways to further intensify academic exchange and cooperation between Israel and Germany. Mehr...