A plane flew a banner over Harvard University on Thursday featuring a Palestinian flag along with the words, “Harvard Hates Jews,” which comes as the school has faced weeks of backlash over the rise of anti-Semitism on its campus.
Harvard University President Claudine Gay was grilled during testimony this week in front of the U.S. Congress over anti-Semitism on her campus.
When asked if calling for the genocide of Jews violates Harvard’s rules on bullying and harassment, Gay said that it depended “on the context.”
Gay faced intense backlash over her remarks and was later forced to issue a separate statement.
“There are some who have confused a right to free expression with the idea that Harvard will condone calls for violence against Jewish students,” she said. “Let me be clear: Calls for violence or genocide against the Jewish community, or any religious or ethnic group are vile, they have no place at Harvard, and those who threaten our Jewish students will be held to account.”
Gay faced blowback over the statement, including widespread calls to resign.
The Boston Herald reported that Jewish students hired someone to fly the banner in circles over the school following Gay’s testimony.
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The group behind the banner, called “Harvard with Hamas,” said that the aerial campaign “seeks to respond to the runaway antisemitism on the campus and the shocking support for Hamas terrorism and rape obscenely vocalized by Harvard faculty and students following the Oct. 7th massacre in Israel,” according to a statement obtained by the Boston Herald.
“The American college campuses have become toxic dumps filled with Jew hatred and anti-Israel violence,” said one of the students involved in planning the event. “Harvard’s logo ‘veritas’ is the Latin word for ‘truth’ and the banner flown over Harvard skies reveals the painful truth behind the reality of this institution today: what was once the symbol of dignity and tolerance, has sunk deep into an oblivion of hatred and lie. The terror flag and jarring banner will circle over their heads until they can’t hide anymore.”
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