A professor who is a fan of Hamas, an extremist group who defended the October 7 massacre in Israel, will be invited to Harvard University.
“The Palestinian people have the right to defend themselves and live with dignity and freedom. I am shocked that the world is shocked!” said Dalal, professor at the Arab American University in Ramallah. Saeb Illikat said in a post by X. day of genocide.
“Today is just ordinary human struggle 4 #Freedom. ”
“We will never forgive Israel’s far-right right-wing government for forcing us to take our children and the elderly hostage,” she added a day after an invasion by her allies that included mass rapes and beheadings of children.
“Israelis need to understand that their government caused all of this bloodshed and that they remain responsible for this escalation.” [sic] and loss of civilian life. ”
Mr. Illikat is scheduled to speak as part of the lecture. “Middle East Dialogue” On March 7, she will be introduced as an expert on “diplomacy and conflict resolution” at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.
The academic extremist’s visit is an embarrassment for Harvard after former president Claudine Gay was forced to resign because she did not want to publicly state that calls for genocide against Jews violated the university’s code of conduct. It was held at a certain time. She was also a confirmed plagiarist, something Harvard tried to cover up for months.
Harvard University’s campus has been rocked by instances of anti-Semitism, so much so that a new anti-Semitism task force was created to study the issue.
The commission also became embroiled in controversy after past statements by its chair, Jewish history professor Derek Pensler, became public.
“Israel’s expulsion of Palestinians from their land and oppression of those who remained have made Israel one of the most hated countries on earth,” Pensler wrote in his book Zionism: A Nation of Feelings. He wrote, adding elsewhere that “Jewish culture was steeped in Jewish culture.” Fantasies (and sometimes acts) of revenge against Christians. ”
A poll after the massacre found that 57% of American Muslims believed Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attacks in Israel were “justified.”
Another recent poll found that a majority of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 believe Israel should be “finished and handed over to Hamas.”
Representatives from Harvard University did not respond to requests for comment from the Post.
