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Widener Library at Harvard University. Photo: Joseph Williams. JNS.org – The Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee ended its annual Israeli Apartheid Week, which included a roster of anti-Israel and antisemitic speakers and programs. Programs, held from April 26-30 virtually this year, included webinars titled “Healthcare Injustices in Palestine and the COVID-19 Pandemic,” and “Divestment as a Historical Tool for Justice,” which was a discussion with Harvard Professor Cornel West, a supporter of BDS, and BDS movement co-founder Omar Barghouti. Featured panelists included Swarthmore College associate professor and BDS advocate Sa’ed A. Atshan, and Palestinian feminist scholar and activist Yamila Hussein-Shannan, who has claimed that Palestinian men are “forced to parade naked in the streets” by Israeli soldiers and citizens and blamed the oppression of Palestinian women on Israel’s “occupation.” Another featured panelist was Sumaya Awad, ....
Harvard pro-Palestinian group hosts BDS speakers at Israel Apartheid Week A number of student organizations co-sponsored individual events, including Jewish Coalition for Peace. Spread the word. (May 5, 2021 / JNS) The Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee ended its annual Israeli Apartheid Week, which included a roster of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic speakers and programs. Programs, held from April 26-30 virtually this year, included webinars titled “Healthcare Injustices in Palestine and the COVID-19 Pandemic,” and “Divestment as a Historical Tool for Justice,” which was a discussion with tenured Harvard Professor Cornel West, a supporter of BDS, and BDS movement co-founder Omar Barghouti. Featured panelists included Swarthmore College associate professor and BDS advocate Sa’ed A. Atshan, and Palestinian feminist scholar and activist Yamila Hussein-Shannan, who has claimed that Palestinian men are “forced to parade naked in the streets” ....
UPDATED: May 3, 2021 at 3:10 p.m. The Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee virtually hosted its annual Israeli Apartheid Week, a series of events to raise awareness about the Israel-Palestine conflict, last week. This yearâs IAW included webinars titled âHealthcare Injustices in Palestine and the COVID-19 Pandemicâ and âPalestine and the Progressive Agenda,â and featured panelists including Swarthmore College associate professor Saâed A. Atshan and Palestinian activist Yamila Hussein-Shannan. Harvardâs Palestine Solidarity Committee is an undergraduate organization âdedicated to supporting the Palestinian struggle for self-determination, justice, and equality through raising awareness, advocacy, and non-violent resistance,â per its website. Asmer Safi â23-â24, a member of the group, wrote in an emailed statement that this yearâs virtual IAW marked a âvital continuationâ of the committee ....
Published date: 24 February 2021 15:04 UTC | Last update: 1 month 2 weeks ago US activist and philosopher Cornel West said he is confident that it is his criticism of Israel cost him tenure at Harvard. The Harvard Divinity School professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, who announced late last week that he might leave the university after being denied academic tenure, claimed he was being punished for his views on Israel s occupation of Palestine. This is my hypothesis, because given the possibilities of why they would not be even interested in initiating a tenure process, what else it could be? And I asked them. And I didn t receive a reply, 67-year-old West, who holds a joint appointment in the Department of African and African-American Studies, said in an interview on the TightRope podcast aired on Tuesday. ....