Politico reported on the 9th (local time) that controversy arose when a student group at Harvard issued a statement criticizing the Israeli regime.
The Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups issued a statement criticizing Israel on the 7th, which was signed by 35 organizations, including Amnesty International.
The statement pointed out that “full responsibility for all violence lies with the Israeli regime.”
“Over the past 20 years, millions of Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip have been forced to live in open-air prisons,” he said, adding, “Israeli violence has structured every aspect of Palestinian existence for 75 years.”
He then urged the Harvard community to stop “acts of annihilation against Palestinians.”
The student group’s statement is causing great controversy within U.S. politics and Harvard alumni.
A Republican alumnus who graduated from Harvard University criticized the school for not supporting Israel.
Lawrence Summers, who served as Harvard University’s president and Treasury secretary, said, “The silence of Harvard’s leadership and the widely reported statements of student groups criticizing Israel alone have led Harvard to maintain, at best, a neutral attitude toward terrorist acts against the Jewish state of Israel.” “I’m getting drunk,” he pointed out.
Additionally, Senator Ted Cruz said, “What on earth is wrong with Harvard?” and Representative Ellis Stefanik said, “It is disgusting that a Harvard student group is blaming Israel for the barbaric terrorist attack by Hamas that killed over 700 Israelis.” “It is a disgusting and abominable thing,” he criticized.
Politico said, “Activist student groups supporting Palestinians are common across the country and often lead demonstrations and protests criticizing Israel on campus,” adding that this situation poses a major challenge to Harvard University President Claudine Gay, who took office this summer. Analyzed that it could be possible.
Source: Donga
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