Termination of a scientist: Anti -Semitism allegations cause excitement!

Termination of a scientist: Anti -Semitism allegations cause excitement!

The Max Planck Institute for Ethnological Research in Halle has separated from the scientist Ghassan Hage after anti-Semitic statements and sympathy became public for the Hamas. The Halle Labor Court confirmed the termination and decided that the extraordinary termination was formally invalid, but the ordinary termination pronounced is legal by March 31, 2024. Hage, who has been working at the institute since November 2022, published a controversial poem on the day of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, which questions the existing statehood of Israel, as well as several noticeable social media posts in the following year, such as dubisthalle.de reported.

The director of the Halle Labor Court noted in his verdict that Hage violated the employment contract obligations with his statements, which justifies the ordinary termination. The court found that a prior warning was not necessary because the violations were serious. This decision underlines the view that statements that conflict with scientific integrity or question the ethics of an institution can result in drastic consequences, as well as Der SPIEGEL