The Harvard group behind the controversial letter blaming Israel for the bloody Hamas terrorist attack held a “die-in” on Wednesday to protest the “genocide in Gaza.”
Members of Harvard’s “Palestinian Solidarity Committee” and “Graduates 4 Palestine” organizations held the protest, where hundreds of students lay down in a courtyard outside several dorm buildings in the “Old Yard” section of campus.
Pro-Palestinian protesters lay on the grass, some using jackets as pillows and others holding signs that read “Hold Harvard Accountable for Supporting Genocide,” “No Justice, No Peace” and “Cease Fire Now.”
The group announced the protest on Tuesday after claiming that Israel was responsible for a hospital explosion in Gaza City that left hundreds dead.
“Israel just bombed Al Ahli Hospital and Medical Center in Gaza, where hundreds of Gazans were receiving medical treatment and seeking shelter,” the announcement on Instagram said.
Despite those claims, the Israel Defense Forces a day later released an audio recording of what it said were two Hamas terrorists admitting responsibility after a rocket failed.
Pro-Palestinian protesters held signs that read “Hold Harvard accountable for supporting genocide,” “No justice, no peace,” and “Cease fire now.” harvardpsc/Instagram Hundreds of students lay down in a courtyard in front of several dorm buildings in the “Old Yard Section” of the campus.harvardpsc/Instagram The group announced the protest Tuesday after blaming Israel for killing hundreds of people in a explosion at a hospital in Gaza City.harvardpsc/Instagram
President Biden, appearing Thursday alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said that “the data that my Department of Defense showed me” also indicated that Israel was not involved in the hospital massacre.
“I’m not suggesting that Hamas did it deliberately,” Biden said Wednesday. “It’s always the same: you have to learn to shoot straight. “It is not the first time that Hamas has launched something that does not work very well.”
The PSC’s “death” protest comes nearly two weeks after it co-sponsored a letter titled “Joint Statement of the Harvard Palestinian Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine” and received endorsements from 31 other organizations.
The letter blamed Israel for the Hamas terrorist attack that left more than 1,300 dead and said “the attack did not occur in a vacuum.”
“We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime fully responsible for all the violence that is taking place,” the groups added. “The apartheid regime is the only one to blame.”
Since then, several CEOs and hedge fund executives have pledged not to hire anyone who is part of any organization that signed the letter.
The PSC’s “death” protest comes nearly two weeks after it co-sponsored a letter titled “Joint Statement of the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine” and received endorsements 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
Several members of the group and their leaders quickly withdrew their support for the letter.
The New York law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell rescinded job offers to three Harvard and Columbia University students who signed the controversial letter.
The PSC claimed that former President Barack Obama and Harvard President Claudine Gay were invited to speak at the protest, but neither attended.
Since then, several CEOs and hedge fund executives have pledged not to hire anyone from any of the organizations that signed the letter. Harvard Palestinian Solidarity Committee
Both Obama and Gay had previously condemned Hamas’ attack on Israel, with the latter stating that none of the 31 organizations that initially signed the letter were speaking on behalf of the university.
Obama was scheduled to attend the opening of a new laboratory at Harvard Law on Tuesday, but canceled after experiencing “COVID-like symptoms,” according to NBC Boston.
“Free Palestine, free,” chanted protesters, some of them waving Palestinian flags, in protest of Obama’s visit.
The 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 was not there.harvardpsc/Instagram
The PSC has been extremely 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 was not there.
The group has also organized a “general strike” for Tuesday asking people to leave class at 1:00 p.m.
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