A banner with a Palestinian flag that reads “Harvard Hates Jews” was flying above the Cambridge campus on Thursday within the wake of Harvard president’s “shocking” Congressional testimony about antisemitism this week.
Jewish college students reportedly employed the airplane carrying the Palestinian flag and an aerial banner with the phrases “Harvard Hates Jews” to circle the campus following President Claudine Gay’s testimony in Congress on Tuesday. Gay refused to reply whether or not requires genocide in opposition to Jews can be thought-about a violation of the college’s code of conduct, resulting in requires her to resign.
Antisemitic chants have stuffed the Cambridge campus because the Hamas terrorist assaults in Israel on Oct. 7.
The aerial marketing campaign “seeks to respond to the runaway antisemitism on the campus and the shocking support for Hamas terrorism and rape obscenely vocalized by Harvard faculty and students following the Oct. 7th massacre in Israel,” in accordance with the group that took accountability for the banner referred to as “Harvard with Hamas.”
“The American college campuses have become toxic dumps filled with Jew hatred and anti-Israel violence,” one of many unnamed college students who organized the aerial marketing campaign stated in a press release.
“Harvard’s logo ‘veritas’ is the Latin word for ‘truth’ and the banner flown over Harvard skies reveals the painful truth behind the reality of this institution today: what was once the symbol of dignity and tolerance, has sunk deep into an oblivion of hatred and lies,” the coed added. “The terror flag and jarring banner will circle over their heads until they can’t hide anymore.”
The aerial banner marketing campaign was beginning forward of the primary night time of Hanukkah on Thursday.
“Don’t know who’s behind this. But this is terrifying,” posted Yotam Sofer, who took a photograph of the airplane and banner. “A plane doing rounds above Cambridge/Allston right now. I took this picture a few minutes ago. The banner says: ‘HARVARD HATES JEWS’ attach to Palestinian flag. Today is the first day of Hanukkah.”
Don’t know who’s behind this. But that is terrifying.
A airplane doing rounds above Cambridge/Allston proper now. I took this image a couple of minutes in the past.
The banner says: “HARVARD HATES JEWS” connect to Palestinian flag.
Today is the primary day of Hanukkah 🕎. pic.twitter.com/Jmxr5jQgoT
— Yotam Sofer (@YotamSofer) December 7, 2023
The Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee condemned the marketing campaign, posting that it was an “antisemitic banner” utilizing a “slogan that right-wing groups have used to target our organizing.”
Harvard PSC added, “We reject the racist weaponization of the Palestinian flag to create hate and fear on Harvard’s campus, and are disgusted by this antisemitic attempt to target our Jewish community members as they prepare for the first night of Hanukkah.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”