A viral video shows several anti-Israel demonstrators at Harvard University, including an alleged editor of the Harvard Law Review, accosting a presumably Jewish student during an Oct. 18 “die-in” protesting Israel’s retaliation against Hamas.
Footage of the confrontation shows the terrorist-sympathizing students surrounding the man with Keffiyehs — garb associated with the pro-Palestine movement’s desire to fight Israel — and yelling “exit” and “shame.”
In an article littered with corrections like “A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Israel had declared war on Gaza” when “In fact, Israel declared war on Hamas,” Harvard’s student-led newspaper the Harvard Crimson tried to convince readers that the man was simply “escorted out by protest organizers” after he tried to film the event.
The article concluded with a statement from the demonstration organizers at the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee who claimed they “regret” not their actions but “the presence of counter-protesters at the protest and die-in.”
It wasn’t until a week after the incident that a Harvard official, Dean of the Harvard Business School Srikant Datar, published a statement insisting “there is no place for hateful speech on our campus.” His concerns extended beyond the Jewish students targeted by the demonstrators to anyone on campus in the “Muslim and Arab community” as well.
Datar claimed reports about the viral antisemitic confrontation “have been filed with HUPD and the FBI” but so far, none of the protesters identified in the video have faced public punishment or expulsion from the school.
