‘We never thought that, at Harvard College, we would have to argue the point that terrorism against civilians demands immediate and unequivocal condemnation,’ the group says
Fox News, Chris Pandolpho, November 11, 2023
A growing number of Jewish alumni and students are demanding that Harvard University crack down on antisemitism on campus.
Over 1,600 members of the Harvard College Jewish Alumni Association (HCJAA) have signed on to an open letter condemning anti-Israel protests at the school amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The group was founded in the wake of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel, in which more than 1,200 Israelis, mostly civilians, were brutally attacked, raped, tortured and murdered. It was the largest massacre of Jewish people in one day since the Holocaust.
“These horrific events were met with acclaim by over thirty Harvard student groups, who called the intentional slaughter of civilians ‘justified’ and claimed that Israel was ‘solely responsible.’ This deluded romanticization of violence has been matched by calls for more violence and the obliteration of the state of Israel ‘by any means necessary,’” the group’s open letter states.