Christmas Day in Jerusalem

By Eirini Ntoura a student of MA program in National Security Studies, 2019-2020 Cohort. December 25th, or in other words “Christmas Day” for the Christians, my friend who visited me from Greece and I decided to take a trip to the Holy City and see all that it has to offer. It was the perfect…

Student Spotlight: Eirini Ntoura

By Eirini Ntoura, a student of MA program in National Security Studies, 2019-2020 Cohort. Shalom anashim! It’s probably not the first blog you read about new international students on campus and in general at the University of Haifa, but please bear with me. It’s just one more of us (haha). First, let me introduce myself…

Israel. I didn’t plan to, but I left a piece of my heart there.

By Václav Misík,  alum of MA program in National Security Studies, 2017-2018 Cohort. Israel. It’s been more than a month since I came back home [to the Czek Republic]. I didn’t want to write anything until I was done with all my papers but I handed in my last one a week ago so I’m at liberty…

Student Spotlight: Alicia Iguaran Gonzalez

By Alicia Iguaran Gonzalez, a student of MA program in National Security Studies, 2016-2017 Cohort. I am Alicia Iguaran Gonzalez, I am 25 years old and was born in Venezuela. I am part of an indigenous community actually, so I come from a minority in my country (that explains why my last name is so complicated…

From Brussels, with Love

From Brussels, with Love-
For the second year in a row, the International Graduate Program in National Security Studies at the University of Haifa graciously accepted an invitation by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for a three-day all-expense-paid trip to Brussels, Belgium.