just a few hours after he diedTo mark the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Israeli massacre, vandals smashed windows on the Harvard University campus in an “act of solidarity with the Palestinian resistance,” according to online messages. It is said that red paint was poured on the statue.
Unity of Fields, an online group that publishes defaced videos from around the country, posted a video of Tuesday's vandalism. The video included the caption “Let's bring the war home.”
“In the early morning hours of October 8, Harvard University's autonomous actors smashed the windows of the main administration building and vandalized the John Harvard statue in an act of solidarity with the Palestinian resistance movement,” a message accompanying the video reads. It is written. “We are committed to answering the call to bring the war home and open a new front in the belly of the beast.”
The Harvard University Police Department told Fox News Digital that the incident is under investigation.
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The John Harvard statue was vandalized with red paint on October 8, 2024, as part of the “Palestinian resistance.” (Addison Y. Liu/Harvard Crimson)
“It is the long-standing policy of the Harvard University Police Department not to comment on public investigations,” a department spokesperson said.
Unity of Fields also posted photos of Amherst College's campus defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti.
An anonymous post from the group accuses Amherst College of being “complicit in genocide through its affiliation with Raytheon and other war profiteers.”
Graffiti targeting Raytheon on Amherst College campus. (Submitted to Unity of Fields)
“The Engineering Career Fair was attended by both Raytheon and General Dynamics, both weapons manufacturers that are heavily complicit in genocide. The Massachusetts Foundation also invests in several war profiteers. , our tuition fees will go directly to genocide,” the message said. read.
The anonymous message warned readers to expect more “independent action at Amherst College.”
“We will not rest until there are no more war profiteers and Palestine is completely liberated,” the message concluded.
Amherst College's campus was defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti. (Submitted to Unity of Fields)
An Amherst College spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the school is “aware of the incident being investigated by the Massachusetts State Police.”
“We have no further comment on the investigation,” the spokesperson said.
It is unclear what relationship the perpetrator had with Harvard University or Amhest University.
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Both incidents have raised concerns about renewed anti-Israel protests that swept through university campuses during the spring semester. The National Students for Palestine Justice (NSJP) is organizing a nationwide “Week of Rage” on campuses starting on October 7th, the anniversary.
Anti-Israel demonstrators demonstrate in New York on October 5, 2024, ahead of the anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack. (Adam Gray, Fox News Digital)
Monday marked one year since Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking hundreds more hostage. Israel responded by launching a war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where fighting has claimed an estimated 41,000 Palestinian lives and displaced nearly 2 million.
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Conflicts have spread across the region, with Israel battling Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, facing a growing threat from Yemen's Houthi rebels, and escalating tensions with Iran.
