Harvard college students who authored a letter blaming Israel for the Hamas terror assaults are being ridiculed as “intellectually weak and morally repugnant.”
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Salem, and former Harvard president Larry Summers are lining as much as name out the Cambridge college college students — and the “leadership” remaining silent.
“Terrorism is never justified nor someone else’s fault. As hundreds of Israelis and others, including several Americans, remain kidnapped, injured, or dead, the 31 Harvard organizations that signed a letter holding Israel ‘entirely responsible’ for Hamas’ barbarous terrorism should be condemned, as should Harvard leadership for whom silence is complicity,” stated Moulton, who added “I cannot recall a moment when I’ve been more embarrassed by my alma mater.”
Summers tweeted: “In nearly 50 years of @Harvard affiliation, I have never been as disillusioned and alienated as I am today.”
Summers is the previous Treasury Secretary underneath President Bill Clinton, suggested former President Barack Obama, and was Harvard’s president from 2001 to 2006.
Both have been reacting to a press release by the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups that learn, partly: “We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all the unfolding violence.” Thirty-one teams signed on, based on the New York Post, together with the Ivy League’s affiliate of Amnesty International.
The teams declare Hamas’ assault “did not happen in a vacuum,” and the Israeli authorities has compelled Palestinians to dwell in an “open-air prison for over two decades,” based on the letter obtained by The Post.
Moulton, in feedback despatched to the Herald, added: “You can stand up for Palestinian rights while condemning Hamas terrorists, just as you can fiercely criticize the extremist, anti-democratic actions of the Netanyahu government while supporting the nation of Israel’s right to defend itself from people, terrorist groups and states that want it wiped out of existence.”
Moulton referred to as on the faculty to interact in “intellectually and morally honest debate” to “honor the millions of peace-loving Israelis and Palestinians who want a bright and prosperous future for their families, and who have regularly stood up to the extremists.”
He then stated, “In contrast, what’s happening at Harvard right now is intellectually weak and morally repugnant.”
This all comes as President Biden stated Monday 11 Americans have been killed within the Hamas assaults and it’s unknown if any are being held hostage. Israeli ladies, youngsters and aged have been killed or are being held captive.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, put it bluntly on social media: “What the hell is wrong with Harvard?”
Others additionally referred to as out the crass faculty college students for being politically tone-deaf.
“This is the final crack in my broken heart,” one girl wrote.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”