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Israel’s war against Hamas roils Harvard as students, billionaires, and faculty accuse each other of anti-Semitism and McCarthyism

Headline from Fortune, from the development of Oct 13, 2023

Newest development Oct 17, 2023 · 2 reports'Relentless bullying': Harvard alum group asks for donations to help students' mental health after they blamed Israel for Hamas attacks

An Israeli billionaire resigned from the board of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government after a student group’s letter “held the Israeli regime” accountable for the recent terrorist attacks.

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  1. US CEOs urge Harvard to name students in groups behind letter blaming Israel for Hamas attacks

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    Israel’s war against Hamas roils Harvard as students, billionaires, and faculty accuse each other of anti-Semitism and McCarthyism

    Headline from Fortune ·

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    'Relentless bullying': Harvard alum group asks for donations to help students' mental health after they blamed Israel for Hamas attacks

    Headline from The Daily Dot ·

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  1. The Guardian

    US CEOs urge Harvard to name students in groups behind letter blaming Israel for Hamas attacks (opens The Guardian)

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    Several chief executives called for names to be made public so that they, and others, could know not to hire the students

  2. Hot Air

  3. Legal Insurrection

    CEOs Vowing Not to Hire Harvard Students Who Signed Letter Blaming Israel for Hamas Attack (opens Legal Insurrection)

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    “I would like to know so I know never to hire these people”

  4. Fox News

    GOP Harvard graduates send scathing letter blasting school's response to pro-Hamas students: 'Abhorrent' (opens Fox News)

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    Congressional Republicans with Harvard degrees are calling on the school to take a tougher stance on antisemitism in response to student groups defending Hamas's Israel attack.

  5. Fox News

    Harvard president addresses backlash following student groups' statement blaming Israel for violence (opens Fox News)

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    Harvard president Claudine Gay issued a more forceful message Thursday evening as the university faces backlash following student groups' statement blaming Israel for Hamas' attacks.

  6. Townhall

  7. The Daily Caller

    Harvard Divinity Faculty Condemn Israel’s ‘Oppression’ Of Palestinians After Hamas Attacks Leave Over 1,000 Dead (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Several Harvard Divinity School professors doubled down and directed the blame at the Jewish state, according to emails obtained by Townhall.

  8. Fortune

    Israel’s war against Hamas roils Harvard as students, billionaires, and faculty accuse each other of anti-Semitism and McCarthyism (opens Fortune)

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    An Israeli billionaire resigned from the board of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government after a student group’s letter “held the Israeli regime” accountable for the recent terrorist attacks.

  9. Hot Air

    Are Hamas raids the wake-up call for Biden's woke America? (opens Hot Air)

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    As those selfish hateful privileged children—students at elite American universities like those at Harvard who’ve been primed by Marxist professors spit their bile on massacred Israeli civilians–the I...

  10. New York Post

    The disgusting hypocrisy behind elite schools defending the campus celebrations of Hamas’ terror attack (opens New York Post)

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    Places like Harvard have spent the past few years brazenly and proudly denying free speech and canceling anyone who deviates from their hard-left worldview on political or social issues, from the U…

  11. The Daily Dot

    'Relentless bullying': Harvard alum group asks for donations to help students' mental health after they blamed Israel for Hamas attacks (opens The Daily Dot)

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    In the aftermath of a contentious statement issued by a group of Harvard student organizations, one group has made a controversial appeal.

  12. New York Post

    Harvard must condemn pro-Hamas students — and reckon with its history of antisemitism (opens New York Post)

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    There’s an ongoing debate on university campuses about whether and how to respond to students who support, defend or even praise what Hamas terrorists deliberately did to innocent Israeli children,…

  13. Wall Street Journal

    Opinion | Why Did Harvard Students Cheer on Hamas? (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Perhaps its administrators should modify the school’s admissions process to ensure that students lacking a basic moral compass are rejected.

  14. Fox News

    Some Harvard students are fearful of ‘doxxing’ after their letter blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks (opens Fox News)

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    Some Harvard students are claiming that they are victims of doxxing for their affiliation with an anti-Israel letter that went viral after the Hamas terrorist attacks.

  15. Fox News

    Hamas attacks and Harvard: University's determination to go full woke leads to moral bankruptcy (opens Fox News)

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    Since the Hamas terror attacks on October 7, Harvard has been caught in a bind. Thirty-three student groups issued a statement blaming Israel for the terror. How did we get here?

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