July 31, 2007 - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem today marked the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the university with a memorial ceremony at the scene of the attack on the university’s Mount Scopus campus.

Nine students and university staff members were killed in the attack: Benjamin Blutstein, Marla Bennett, Revital Barashi, David Gritz, David Diego Ladowski, Janis Ruth Coulter, Dina Carter, Levina Shapira and Daphna Spruch. Close to a hundred were wounded.

At today’s memorial ceremony, Hebrew University President Prof. Menachem Magidor said, “Five years seem like a long time in people’s lives, but the years that have passed have not dulled the pain nor healed the wounds. The murderers went out of their way specifically to hurt the Hebrew University, which has always been devoted to hopes and efforts towards peace.

“I did not know personally most of those who were killed, but in the meantime I have learned and heard who and what they were. May the memory of those who perished in the attack of July 31always be part of the collective memory and life of the Hebrew University,” said the president.