The Harvard group behind a controversial letter blaming Israel for a bloody Hamas terrorist attack held a “die-off” Wednesday to protest the “carnage in Gaza.”
Members of the “Palestine Solidarity Committee” and Harvard’s “Graduates 4 Palestine” organization staged a protest, where hundreds of students lay on the lawn outside several dormitory buildings in the “Old Yard” section of campus.
Pro-Palestinian protesters lay on the grass, some using jackets as pillows and others holding signs reading “Hold Harvard Accountable for Supporting Genocide,” “No Justice Without Peace,” and “Ceasefire Now.”
The group announced the protest on Tuesday after claiming Israel was responsible for a hospital explosion in Gaza City that killed hundreds of people.
“Israel has just bombed al-Ahli hospital and a medical center in Gaza where hundreds of Gazans are receiving medical treatment and seeking shelter,” said the announcement on Instagram.
Despite the claims, the Israel Defense Forces released an audio recording a day later of what it said were two Hamas terrorists claiming responsibility after the rocket misfired.
Pro-Palestinian protesters held up signs that read “Hold Harvard Accountable for Supporting Genocide,” “No Justice No Peace,” and “Ceasefire Now.”harvardpsc/Instagram Hundreds of students lay on lawns outside several dormitory buildings in ” Old Yard” section of the campus.harvardpsc/Instagram The group announced the protest on Tuesday after they blamed Israel for killing hundreds of people in a hospital explosion in Gaza City.harvardpsc/Instagram
President Biden, who appeared Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said “my data was shown by my Department of Defense” also showing Israel was not involved in the massacre at the hospital.
“I’m not suggesting that Hamas did it on purpose,” Biden said on Wednesday. “It’s an old thing: Gotta learn to shoot straight. This is not the first time that Hamas has launched something that does not work well.”
The PSC’s “dead-end” protest comes nearly two weeks after it co-sponsored a letter titled “Joint Statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine,” and received support from 31 other organizations.
The letter blamed Israel for the Hamas terror attack that killed more than 1,300 people, saying “the attack did not happen in a vacuum”.
“We, the undersigned student organization, hold the Israeli regime fully responsible for all the violence that has occurred,” the group added. “The apartheid regime is the only one to blame.”
Several CEOs and hedgefund executives have pledged not to hire anyone who is part of any of the organizations that signed the letter.
The PSC’s “dead-end” protest comes nearly two weeks after it co-sponsored a letter titled “Joint Statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine,” and received support from 31 other organizations. harvardpsc/Instagram The group announced the protest on Tuesday after they blamed Israel for killing hundreds of people in a hospital explosion in Gaza City.Telegram
Some of the group’s members and leaders quickly withdrew their support for the letter.
NYC law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has rescinded job offers to three Harvard and Columbia University students who signed the controversial letter.
The PSC claimed former President Barack Obama and Harvard President Claudine Gay had been invited to speak at the protest, but neither attended.
Several CEOs and hedgefund executives have pledged not to hire anyone who is part of any of the organizations that signed the letter.Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee
Both Obama and Gay have previously condemned Hamas’ attacks on Israel, with the latter saying none of the 31 organizations that initially signed the letter spoke for the university.
Obama was scheduled to attend the launch of a new lab at Harvard Law on Tuesday but canceled after experiencing “COVID-like symptoms,” according to NBC Boston.
“Free, Free Palestine,” protesters, some waving Palestinian flags, shouted in protest of Obama’s visit.
PSC has been vocal since the Hamas attack, organizing daily protests around campus and even protesting Obama’s appearance at the launch of the new lab, even though he wasn’t there.harvardpsc/Instagram
The PSC has been very vocal since the Hamas attack, organizing daily protests around campus and even protesting Obama’s appearance at the launch of the new lab, even though he wasn’t there.
The group has also organized a “general strike” on Tuesday calling for people to walk out of classes at 1pm
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