sexual violence – www.israelhayom.com https://www.israelhayom.com israelhayom english website Wed, 12 Nov 2025 18:49:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://www.israelhayom.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-G_rTskDu_400x400-32x32.jpg sexual violence – www.israelhayom.com https://www.israelhayom.com 32 32 Ex-German chancellor Merkel visits Israel https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/11/12/merkel-october-7-sites-weizmann-honor-technion/ https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/11/12/merkel-october-7-sites-weizmann-honor-technion/#respond Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:43:22 +0000 https://www.israelhayom.com/?p=1102203 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel conducted a multi-day Israel visit encompassing October 7 massacre memorial sites and leading academic institutions. The tour included the Nova attack location where Project Dvora's Gail Shoresh explained sexual violence details, and the Nahal Oz shelter where Amir Tibon's family survived a 10-hour siege. Weizmann Institute conferred an honorary degree on Merkel, who praised German-Israeli scientific collaboration.

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]]> German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Israel this week for a visit that included October 7 massacre sites, academic honors, and scientific institution tours.

The former German leader, who was Israel's most important ally in Europe during her long tenure spanning 4 terms from 2005 to 2021, toured the Nova site Wednesday alongside Gail Shoresh, from the Dvora Forum that promotes women's equality, receiving explanations about sexual atrocities committed by Hamas some two years ago during the massive attack on the Gaza border communities, with German Ambassador Steffen Seibert sharing her visit on social media. Nahal Oz resident Amir Tibon also shared with Merkel his unique ordeal, retelling the story of how he managed to survive after terrorists invaded his kibbutz and started slaughtering and kidnapping residents.


"Oct 7 revisited: Angela Merkel met Gail Shoresh at the Nova site who explained about sexual violence on that terrible day," Seibert wrote.

Itay Regev, who was taken hostage Nova music festival and released after more than 50 days, walks near photos of victims at the Nova music festival site on January 5, 2024 in Re'im, Israel. Getty Images

"Tibon showed her the room in Nahal Oz where he and his family hid for 10 hours and survived," he continued. Tibon, who lives in Nahal Oz with his wife and children, was rescued after his father, former IDF Major General Noam Tibon, rushed to the south with his wife to help fight against the Hamas terrorists who had invaded his kibbutz and other locations in the area. 

Vlada Patapov, captured fleeing the Nova Festival site in viral footage on Oct. 7, 2023 (Screenshot: Social media)

During her visit this week , Weizmann Institute of Science conferred an honorary degree upon Merkel, who delivered remarks praising Israeli and German scientists as the first to construct new bridges between the two peoples following the Holocaust, the German Ambassador wrote. Speaking amid worldwide anti-scientific tendencies, the former chancellor advocated for science-based politics during the ceremony, Seibert noted.

The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa received a visit from Merkel as well, with the German Ambassador describing world-class science flourishing through diversity and international cooperation at the institution. The former chancellor appeared firmly in her element exploring "attosekundenschnelle Rastertunnelmikroskopie" during the tour, according to Seibert's social media posts.

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