Israeli Student Abroad during a War: Advocacy from a Personal Perspective
Alon Teshuva (26) is a third-year student at the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, who is currently in London as part of an international programme CTLS, The Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London. Alongside students from 14 law faculties around the world, the programme includes 12 law students from the Hebrew University. One of the programme’s co-directors is Professor Yuval Shany, an expert in public international law, human rights and humanitarian law, and a former dean of the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University.
Alon arrived in London in mid-August, and “even before the war, on the first day, we were told that there are differences in perception among the students that we might encounter, and we need to know how to deal with it. No one could have imagined that in just two months, we would be dealing with a war in Israel. I estimate that there are students studying with me whose attitudes towards Israel are complex, but thankfully, they do not express as in other institutions in the UK or in the world in general.”
How does an Israeli student abroad feel during a war at home? How has the university supported Israeli students on campus? And what’s the most effective form of advocacy during such times? Read the interview to find out:
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