Free Speech Hypocrisy
Harvard cites "Free Expression" in Refusing to Condemn Student Apologists for Terror
There was widespread outrage last week when 34 student organizations at Harvard singed a public letter that said “the Israeli regime [is] entirely responsible for all unfolding violence. . . the apartheid regime is the only one to blame." It called on Harvard to stop “the annihilation of Palestinians.”
That letter excused Hamas by blaming Israel for the murder of Israelis. It was an egregious — but unfortunately not atypical — reaction among university students whose misinformed world views are steeped in pseudo-colonizer history that sees everything only in terms of victimhood and color. Most who signed the letter were Muslim and Palestinian support organizations, but there were also ideological allies that included Harvard’s Amnesty International, Jews for Liberation, and the African American Resistance Organization.1
The Anti-Defamation League tweeted “Harvard must disavow or be seen as complicit in this antisemitism that should have no place on campus.”
That seemed a low bar. The o…
