{"id":2060774,"date":"2023-10-09T16:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T20:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-harvard-president-larry-summers-sickened-by-schools-neutral-stance-on-anti-jewish-terrorism\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T16:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T20:25:59","slug":"former-harvard-president-larry-summers-sickened-by-schools-neutral-stance-on-anti-jewish-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-harvard-president-larry-summers-sickened-by-schools-neutral-stance-on-anti-jewish-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Summers, former Harvard President, disgusted by school&#8217;s neutral stance on anti-Jewish terrorism."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-harvard-president-larry-summers-sickened-by-schools-neutral-stance-on-anti-jewish-terrorism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2060774&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Harvard President\u2063 &#8220;Sickened&#8221; by School&#8217;s Silence on \u2063Hamas Attacks<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Larry Summers \/ Getty \u200bImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Former Harvard University president Larry Summers expressed his deep disappointment with the school&#8217;s leadership for remaining silent \u200don Hamas&#8217;s recent mass terrorist attacks in\u200b Israel. \u200bA coalition \u2063of \u2064student \u200dgroups released\u200b a statement suggesting that the Jewish state deserved to have its civilians \u2062slaughtered by terrorists, which left Summers feeling &#8220;sickened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Summers, who also served as \u2062secretary \u200dof the\u2063 Treasury during the Clinton administration, revealed that \u200bthis is the first time in his five decades \u200cof affiliation with Harvard that he has felt\u2064 so disillusioned and\u200d alienated. He criticized the university&#8217;s leadership for \u200dtheir silence and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-scales-back-bias-response-teams-after-legal-challenge\/\" title=\"College Scales Back \u2018Bias Response\u2019 Teams After Legal Challenge\">student groups<\/a>&#8216; statement blaming\u2064 Israel solely for\u200b the \u2063violence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The silence from Harvard\u2019s leadership,\u2064 so far, coupled with\u2062 a vocal and widely reported student groups&#8217; statement blaming Israel \u200csolely, has allowed Harvard to appear at best neutral\u200b towards acts of terror against the Jewish state of Israel,&#8221; he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instead, Harvard is \u2063being defined by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-harvard-president-larry-summers-sickened-by-schools-neutral-stance-on-anti-jewish-terrorism\/\" title=\"Larry Summers, former Harvard President, disgusted by school's neutral stance on anti-Jewish terrorism.\">morally unconscionable statement apparently coming<\/a>\u200c from two dozen student groups blaming all the\u2062 violence on\u2062 Israel,&#8221;\u2063 he added. \u200b&#8221;I am sickened.\u200c I cannot\u200b fathom\u200b the Administration\u2019s failure to disassociate the University and \u200dcondemn this statement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Summers&#8217;s comments come after more than 30 Harvard student groups signed an open letter \u200dlabeling\u2064 Israel as an \u2062&#8221;apartheid regime&#8221; and holding it entirely responsible \u200bfor the ongoing \u200dviolence. The dean of \u2063Harvard&#8217;s \u200cGraduate School\u2063 of Education also attributed the \u200coutbreak\u2063 of war in Israel\u2064 to both &#8220;Hamas and the Israeli government&#8221; in an email to students.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, \u200cHamas carried out the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust,\u2063 resulting in the deaths of \u200dat least 800 Israelis and the kidnapping of over 100.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the gravity\u200b of \u200cthe situation, Harvard&#8217;s leadership, including its \u200bnew president, Claudine Gay, have \u2062yet to comment. Summers\u200b pointed out the unusual silence from the administration, contrasting \u200dit with the strong\u2063 statements made\u2064 by former president Lawrence Bacow in \u2063support of Ukraine and Dean Gay on police violence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[W]e have as yet\u201448 hours later\u2014no official Harvard statement at this time of moral\u200c testing,&#8221; said \u2064Summers.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard\u2062 did not respond to \u200ca\u2064 request\u200c for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What actions \u2064has Larry Summers called on the Harvard University&#8217;s leadership to take regarding the\u200c issue of Hamas&#8217;s attacks\u2064 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-in-england-criticized-for-spending-money-on-greta-thunberg-statue\/\" title=\"University In England Criticized For Spending Money On Greta Thunberg Statue\">student support<\/a> for violence<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Linton administration, \u2064is no stranger to controversial issues. However, the recent silence from his \u200calma mater on such\u2063 a critical matter has\u2063 left\u2063 him profoundly disturbed. Speaking\u200b out against \u2064the silence, Summers \u200bcalled for the university to\u200b take \u200ba stronger stance against terrorism and stand\u2064 up for \u200dthe values it claims\u200c to uphold.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Hamas,\u200d a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shock-video-idf-warns-gazan-man-to-evacuate-children-before-bombing-he-responds-if-the-children-need-to-die-then-theyll-die\/\" title=\"Shock Video: IDF Warns Gazan Man To Evacuate Children Before Bombing. He Responds: \u2018If The Children Need To Die Then They\u2019ll Die\u2019\">recognized terrorist organization<\/a>, launched a barrage\u200d of rockets targeting Israeli civilians.\u200b These attacks\u200d have resulted \u2063in countless casualties and destruction in Israel. Despite \u2063this, Harvard University, known for its commitment\u2062 to tolerance and inclusivity, has failed\u200c to \u200daddress the \u2062issue adequately.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-received-target-letter-in-federal-j6-probe-from-jack-smith\/\" title=\"Trump claims he got target letter in J6 probe from Jack Smith.\">statement\u200d released<\/a> by the student groups, suggesting that \u200cIsrael deserved these\u2062 attacks, shocked not only Summers but also \u200bmany others who expect \u2063the university\u200d to uphold \u2064the principles of intellectual integrity and unbiased discourse. It is disheartening to \u2062witness an esteemed institution \u2062like Harvard fall silent in the face\u2064 of \u200dsuch\u2063 blatant support for \u200dviolence\u2062 and terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Universities\u200d serve as platforms for learning, critical thinking, and \u2064the \u200cpursuit\u2062 of truth.\u2064 They should foster an environment where free speech and diverse \u2063viewpoints are encouraged. \u2062However, there is a fine line between free speech and hate speech, and \u2064it\u200d is the\u200c responsibility of an institution \u200bto discern \u2063between the two.<\/p>\n<p>Summers, who served as president of Harvard from 2001 to \u20622006, understands \u200cthe\u2063 importance of upholding these values. During \u200bhis tenure,\u2063 he\u200c faced\u2062 controversy in\u2064 various forms, including debates \u200cconcerning diversity and gender equality. However, he consistently emphasized the importance\u2062 of open dialogue \u200band \u200cintellectual rigor.<\/p>\n<p>For Harvard to ignore\u2064 the gravity of Hamas&#8217;s attacks and the subsequent support\u200d from student groups is troubling. A university that \u200cprides itself on\u200d fostering a\u200b diverse and inclusive community should\u200d not turn a blind eye to the \u200csuffering of innocent\u200b civilians. By staying silent on this matter, Harvard is effectively \u200ccondoning \u200band normalizing violence\u2064 against the Jewish state.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200b response to the silence, Summers has called on the university&#8217;s leadership\u2064 to\u2062 address the issue\u200b directly. He\u2064 urges them to condemn Hamas&#8217;s \u200cterrorist attacks, \u2062reaffirm the university&#8217;s\u2064 commitment \u200dto\u200b its values, and initiate open discussions on the matter. \u200cThe former\u2063 president believes that universities have a \u200bresponsibility to act \u200das moral \u2063compasses,\u200c guiding\u2062 societal\u2062 values and promoting peace.<\/p>\n<p>The ramifications \u2063of remaining \u200bsilent\u200c on this issue are\u200c far-reaching. By failing \u200cto acknowledge and condemn acts of terrorism, Harvard risks undermining its credibility and compromising its commitment to truth and justice.\u200c Furthermore, it sends a detrimental message to\u200c its students and the wider \u200dcommunity that violence can\u200c go \u2062unchecked and \u2064that supporting terrorism is acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Larry\u2063 Summers&#8217;s criticism of \u2064Harvard&#8217;s silence on Hamas&#8217;s attacks is not an attack \u200bon free speech \u200cor academic freedom. Instead, it is a\u2063 call to uphold the university&#8217;s stated principles and \u2064foster an environment characterized \u200dby intellectual\u200b honesty and \u2063moral courage. Universities must\u200c be bastions of knowledge and voices of reason, even in the face of controversy and conflict.<\/p>\n<p>As an influential \u200dfigure and \u2064former leader of Harvard University, Summers&#8217;s stance on this \u200bissue holds weight. It is hoped that his words will resonate with the current leadership, leading to a much-needed reevaluation of their stance on this crucial matter.\u2062 By taking\u200c a stronger stance \u200bagainst terrorism and speaking out\u200c against the support for violence, Harvard can reclaim its position as a champion\u200c of intellectual integrity\u2063 and a beacon of hope in \u200bthe\u2062 academic\u2062 world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Harvard University president Larry Summers expressed his disgust at the school&#8217;s leadership for remaining silent on Hamas&#8217;s terrorist attacks in Israel. He criticized a statement by student groups that justified the killing of Israeli civilians. 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