Bill Ackman says Harvard should release students' names
The original group that authored the statement, the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee and Graduate Students for Palestine said it had been "flooded with racist hate speech and death threats," and that it was forced to postpone a vigil. The center also criticized attempts to identify individual members of the co-signing groups. Harvard Hillel, a center for Jewish students, said Jewish people had experienced "hatred and anti-Semitism" on campus since the attacks started and demanded "accountability" for the groups that had signed the statement. Groups affiliated with the university also condemned the statement. "These hateful Harvard students are the future leaders of our society," Rep. As Insider has previously reported, the views of younger Democrats and Republicans have begun to skew less sympathetic to Israel. The flare-up reflects the tension for elite colleges as a bastion for radical campus politics, and their reliance on wealthy, powerful alumni who might hold different views. Similar incidents are taking place at other colleges. Some firms rescinded employment offers to students identified as being associated with the statement.
It began when student groups at Harvard University signed a statement that opened with the following: "We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence." The statement did not condemn Hamas.īacklash from wealthy Harvard alumni and donors has been swift. In the 11 days since Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its terrorist attack on Israel, Harvard University has become a flashpoint for intergenerational tensions about the war - and the broader culture war around campus free speech.
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