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KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty ImagesIdan Ofer, a multi-billionaire Israeli shipping magnate, and his wife announced their resignation as board members of Harvard’s Kennedy School over the university’s “insensitive response” to a letter by student groups that said the Israeli government was “entirely responsible” for last week’s attack by Hamas militants. The couple told Hebrew-language newspaper The Marker that they quit the board “in protest of the shocking and insensitive response by the preside

As controversy continues to swirl at Harvard after dozens of student groups blamed Israel following the Hamas terrorist attacks, the university's president is defending the students' right to free speech -- even when it comes to "outrageous" beliefs.

Harvard Act on a Dream, a co-signing group, said some of its board members "were not made aware" that the group had even signed, per the school paper.

Billionaire hedge fund CEO Bill Ackman and several other business leaders are demanding Harvard University release the names of students whose organizations signed on to a letter blaming solely Israel for the deadly attacks by Hamas.

The former US treasury secretary said some students who signed the letter were "naive and foolish" and that it's "not constructive to vilify individuals."