Growing backlash over Harvard students pro-Palestine letter
Lawmakers and alumni have been angered by the letter, which blames Israel for the unfolding conflict.
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Lawmakers and alumni have been angered by the letter, which blames Israel for the unfolding conflict.
“The statement from the student groups is morally depraved. The statement from Harvard's leadership is moral cowardice,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss told POLITICO.
The third-party candidate and former Harvard professor also took a swing at his one-time nemesis, Larry Summers.
The school administration has remained mum amid an outpouring of criticism over the position of student organizations on the attacks by Hamas.
Marvin HeimkeMore than 30 student groups at Harvard issued a joint statement over the weekend declaring that the Israeli government was “entirely responsible” for the crisis unfolding in the country and in Gaza.“Israeli violence has structured every aspect of Palestinian existence for 75 years,” wrote the groups, which included the Harvard Prison Divest Coalition, the Harvard Undergraduate Nepali Students Association, several Muslim and Arab affinity groups, and other organizations. “From system