A professor at Pennsylvania’s Haverford College has been arrested for cyberstalking after he allegedly used anonymous X accounts to repeatedly harass and intimidate an unnamed colleague.
The federal indictment, unsealed on October 6, stated that Guangtian Ha, a religious studies professor whose focus is Islam in China, had often called for the complete extermination of the Jewish people — and had directed his actions toward one particular colleague personally, publishing the colleague’s home address and threatening his infant child by name.
Ha has been “charged with one count of cyberstalking pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2). The statutory maximum for cyberstalking is five years’ imprisonment, three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment.”
According to the unsealed court documents, Ha allegedly used at least four different anonymous accounts to post more than 50 replies to that colleague between October of 2025 and May of 2026, often targeting his Jewish identity specifically.
“Let there be an October 7 all day every day. Make it 6 million. Exterminate the jews,” one such reply read, in a clear reference to the Holocaust.
Another read, “There is nothing wrong to hate the jews. All normal Americans should, and I am glad to see more are waking up to the demonic evil of the jews.”
Other alleged comments included:
- “Jew, get the f*ck out of my country.”
- “Jew pig, get the f*ck out of Lower Merion.”
- “If jews are so special then they should also be placed in special camps and receive special treatments.”
- “LM jews are going to have it big time, jew. Remember this. You scums have had it too easy. Goyim are taking America back, blood-guzzling demons.”
- “Jew, watch your [minor son’s name]. There will be a sign.”
- “Your family has no future in the U.S. Give it another 10 years, and you shall see a true holocaust.”
As the harassment escalated, the colleague increased security at home — and according to the DOJ, the children were not permitted to play outside in the yard or wait for the school bus. Twice, the colleague’s spouse felt compelled to move out of the couple’s home, taking their three young children as well.
Ha made it clear in the messages that he was aware of the new security measures, posting, “The goyim have woken up, jew. Run. Flee. Leave. Blurring your home on google map and installing a security camera next to your mailbox won’t help.”
Haverford College President Wendy Raymond sent out a letter to the college community following Ha’s arrest, saying that she was “deeply distressed” by the news.
“Earlier today, Professor Guangtian Ha was arrested and charged with online harassment and intimidation. I am deeply distressed by these allegations and want to state in the plainest of terms that any form of harassment or discrimination based on identity is unacceptable, antithetical to our values, and has no place at Haverford,” she wrote.
Raymond noted that Ha had been on sabbatical and was not teaching – and that following his arrest, he’d been placed on administrative leave and barred from campus for the duration of the criminal investigation.
“I am heartbroken and furious at the possibility that an individual within our community would seek to inflict such pain on another. This disturbing news is made even more harmful for many given its proximity to both the Jewish High Holidays and the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks,” she added.
Haverford College had just recently settled a lawsuit — in which Ha was named — alleging that the institution had violated anti-discrimination laws by failing to ensure that Jewish students could participate in campus life without fear of ostracism or harassment. The lawsuit alleged that Jewish students were being singled out “if they express beliefs about Israel that are anything less than eliminationist.”
As part of the settlement, Haverford was required to implement annual antisemitism awareness training for both students and faculty. Ha referred to campus attempts to root out antisemitism as “Zionist witch hunts.”
In the wake of Ha’s arrest, a planned October 7 “art campaign in solidarity with Palestine” was canceled.
NEW: Haverford College has canceled a planned “art campaign in solidarity with Palestine” after one of its professors was arrested for anonymously cyberstalking a Jewish colleague.
The October 7 event was organized by the college’s YDSA chapter. https://t.co/snts4E3m3g
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) October 7, 2026
A message came out from the campus Young Democratic Socialists of America group, which had planned the event, warning students not to go because the college had canceled it.
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