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A university lecturer in Norway described the October 7th Hamas massacre as “the most beautiful thing that has happened in our century” during a public lecture last month.
Bassam Hussein, a project management professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, made the remarks on April 21 at an event organized by the Socialist Forum.
“October 7 showed that no matter how strong you are, you still have vulnerabilities,” Hussein said. He added that “an intelligent, smart Palestinian military leader with 400 people can actually hurt them badly.”
Hussein also used dehumanizing imagery to describe Israel, likening it to “a kind of dragon… that got a needle in its backside,” suggesting the massacre exposed what he framed as a fundamental weakness.
He further claimed that the Jewish state was “a continuation of European colonialism, just like the United States, just like Canada, and just like Australia.” He also asserted that Israel was seeking to expand its power beyond the region, stating, “I fear that this is Israel’s plan: to take over as a regional– no, as a global power.”
Israeli officials condemned the remarks. Eytan Halon, charge d’affaires at the Israeli Embassy in Oslo, called them a “shocking glorification of terror.”
“This Hamas supporter cannot continue teaching Norway’s students [at] NTNU,” Halon said.
Shocking glorification of terror by Prof. Bassem Hussein from Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
The 7/10 attack was the "most beautiful thing that happened this century", he said last week.
This Hamas supporter cannot continue teaching Norway's students @NTNU pic.twitter.com/hyWtFHjP9T
— Eytan Halon (@eytanhalon) May 2, 2026
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