Disgusting.
The anti-Israel encampment at Harvard ended after the school agreed to most of the demands. From The Harvard Crimson:
The decision to peacefully end the encampment came after University President Alan M. Garber ’76 and HOOP organizers negotiated a peaceful end to the protest. Garber’s administration agreed to promptly begin reinstating at least 22 students from involuntary leaves of absence and offered protesters a meeting with members of the University’s governing boards about divestment.Harvard spokesperson Jonathan L. Swain confirmed the University will encourage schools to begin processing petitions for reinstatement from involuntary leave.“Yesterday, the Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine (HOOP) coalition democratically voted to end its encampment after 20 days,” HOOP wrote in a press release Tuesday morning.The University also agreed to expedite Administrative Board cases for more than 60 students facing charges for their involvement in the encampment with “precedents of leniency for similar actions in the past,” according to the press release.
So, no punishment, then.
Instead, the students get to meet Garber and Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra to discuss the Israeli-Gaza war.
Will they allow Jews to attend the meeting? I’m not talking about Jews who attended the encampment or belong to groups like Jewish Voice for Peace.
The discussion will also include a possible Palestine studies center.
Probably not considering what they did during the encampment:
Protesters raised a banner over the encampment that depicted Garber as a devil. The banner depicted Garber, who is Jewish, with horns and a tail sitting on a toilet. Protesters later removed the image after they faced fierce backlash from many affiliates who described the drawing as antisemitic.During a 150-person rally on Saturday, protesters attempted to let non-Harvard affiliates into the Yard by breaking a lock on Johnston Gate with a bolt cutter. While HUPD officers quickly secured the gate, Swain called the incident “extremely concerning.”
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