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   In the 11 days since Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its   
   terrorist attack on Israel, Harvard University has become a flashpoint for   
   intergenerational tensions about the war — and the broader culture war   
   around campus free speech.   
      
   It began when student groups at Harvard University signed a statement that   
   opened with the following: "We, the undersigned student organizations,   
   hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence."   
   The statement did not condemn Hamas.   
      
   Backlash from wealthy Harvard alumni and donors has been swift. Some firms   
   rescinded employment offers to students identified as being associated   
   with the statement. Similar incidents are taking place at other colleges.   
      
   The flare-up reflects the tension for elite colleges as a bastion for   
   radical campus politics, and their reliance on wealthy, powerful alumni   
   who might hold different views. As Insider has previously reported, the   
   views of younger Democrats and Republicans have begun to skew less   
   sympathetic to Israel.   
      
   Here's what's happened so far.   
      
   Hamas launches terrorist attacks on Israel   
   Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a series of terrorist attacks on   
   Israel on October 7, with Israel retaliating. As of Tuesday, about 1,300   
   people have been killed and more than 4,200 injured in Israel, the UN   
   says, citing Israeli officials. About 3,000 Palestinians have been killed   
   and 12,500 injured in Gaza, according to the UN, citing Gaza's Hamas-run   
   health ministry.   
      
   Harvard students blame Israel in a statement   
   A collection of student groups that referred to themselves as "Harvard   
   Palestine Solidarity Groups" released a joint statement on October 8   
   blaming Israel for the attacks by Hamas.   
      
   The statement said the students "hold the Israeli regime entirely   
   responsible for all unfolding violence" and added "the apartheid regime is   
   the only one to blame" for the attacks.   
      
   "We call on the Harvard community to take action to stop the ongoing   
   annihilation of Palestinians," the statement said.   
      
   The statement was written by the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine   
   Solidarity Committee and originally signed by more than 30 other student   
   groups.   
      
   No individual student was named as a signatory.   
      
   The statement rapidly spreads   
   The statement was shared on social media and quickly spread beyond campus,   
   provoking angry responses from university alumni, politicians, and   
   business leaders.   
      
   US political scientist and author Ian Bremmer posted a copy of the   
   statement and its signatories on X on October 8 to his more than 700,000   
   followers.   
      
   "Can't imagine who would want to identify with such a group," Bremmer   
   wrote. "Harvard parents—talk to your educated kids about this."   
      
   Political alumni criticize the statement   
   Broader backlash to the statement began.   
      
   On October 9, former Harvard President and ex-Treasury Secretary Larry   
   Summers posted on X that in his nearly 50 years of being affiliated with   
   Harvard, "I have never been as disillusioned and alienated as I am today."   
      
   "The silence from Harvard's leadership, so far, coupled with a vocal and   
   widely reported student groups' statement blaming Israel solely, has   
   allowed Harvard to appear at best neutral towards acts of terror against   
   the Jewish state of Israel," Summers wrote.   
      
   Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, a Harvard alum, said that he was   
   "embarrassed" by the university and that the leadership's silence counted   
   as "complicity."   
      
   "What's happening at Harvard right now is intellectually weak and morally   
   repugnant," Moulton wrote.   
      
   https://news.yahoo.com/harvard-become-poster-child-american-165756849.html   
      
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