{"id":2067772,"date":"2023-10-15T04:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T08:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/truck-donning-names-pictures-of-hamas-sympathizing-students-drives-around-harvard-campus\/"},"modified":"2023-10-15T04:51:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T08:51:50","slug":"truck-donning-names-pictures-of-hamas-sympathizing-students-drives-around-harvard-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/truck-donning-names-pictures-of-hamas-sympathizing-students-drives-around-harvard-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck showcasing Hamas-sympathizing students&#8217; names and photos circulates Harvard."},"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\">18<\/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%2Ftruck-donning-names-pictures-of-hamas-sympathizing-students-drives-around-harvard-campus%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=2067772&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>CAMBRIDGE, Mass.\u2014A truck adorned with giant pictures and the names of Harvard students who voiced support for Hamas and their\u2062 vicious assault on Israeli families, including young children, is now circling \u200dthe college campus day and night.<\/p>\n<p>The truck made its \u200cfirst\u200b appearance on Wednesday afternoon, leaving students at the prestigious Ivy League college stunned, according to \u200cThe\u2063 Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>Emblazoned on\u200c all\u2063 four sides of the\u200c large box truck is the title &#8220;Harvard&#8217;s Leading Antisemites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n    <!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/dueling-protests-divide-us-college-campuses-as-israel-hamas-war-rages-on-5509687?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Dueling Protests Divide US College Campuses as Israel\u2013Hamas War Rages On<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/13\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/dueling-protests-divide-us-college-campuses-as-israel-hamas-war-rages-on-5509687?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/socialist-movements-expose-themselves-as-violent-radicals-in-pro-hamas-rallies-5509832?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/p>\n<h3>Socialist Movements \u200dExpose Themselves as Violent Radicals in Pro-Hamas Rallies<\/h3>\n<p>            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">10\/13\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/socialist-movements-expose-themselves-as-violent-radicals-in-pro-hamas-rallies-5509832?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!--\/$-->\n  <\/div>\n<p>Printed on \u200call sides of the truck is a link to\u2063 the website of Accuracy In Media (AIM), a \u200bconservative advocacy \u200cgroup based in Washington D.C. that organized the truck. AIM aims to expose what it perceives as liberal-left bias in media reporting, particularly regarding the Hamas \u2063terrorist group\u2063 and the \u200bPalestinian cause, without providing the broader context of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greys-anatomy-thanksgiving-isnt-really-a-holiday-we-should-celebrate\/\" title=\"Grey's Anatomy: 'Thanksgiving Isn\u2019t Really a Holiday We Should Celebrate'\">ongoing civil war<\/a> among Palestinian\u200d factions \u200band the blame placed solely on Israel for Palestinian suffering.<\/p>\n<p>According to AIM \u200bPresident Adam Guillette, the truck aims\u200d to expose Harvard students who support Hamas&#8217;s brutal\u2062 assault and the ISIS-like violence inflicted on innocent Israeli civilians. While the truck has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-bikinis-beach-volleyball-stars-boycott-qatar-event-because-of-no-bikini-policy\/\" title=\"No Bikinis: Beach Volleyball Stars Boycott Qatar Event Because Of No-Bikini Policy\">received positive feedback<\/a>, it has also faced attacks. Mr. Guillette reported that a\u200b &#8220;mob&#8221; of individuals who appeared to be \u2063college students threatened the truck driver, vandalized the truck, and even threw a brick at it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n    <!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <!--\/$-->\n  <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Ironically, they claimed our truck would incite violence, but it&#8217;s clear who is actually committing the violence,&#8221; remarked Mr. Guillette.<\/p>\n<p>A total of\u200c 34 student organizations \u2063have signed a letter expressing solidarity with Hamas, the same group responsible for heinous acts such as gang-raping women and parading their lifeless bodies in a \u2063pickup truck.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">In the \u200bletter,\u200c Hamas, \u2063which is currently vying for leadership of\u200c the Palestinian people against Fatah, refers to \u200dIsraelis as the \u2064&#8221;apartheid regime&#8221; and blames them entirely for what they label\u200c as &#8220;colonial retaliation.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>Among the organizations endorsing the pro-Hamas pledge are the African American Resistance Organization, Harvard\u2064 Muslim Law School\u2064 Association, and the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:304px\" class=\"alignleft\"><figcaption>A truck\u200c shaming Harvard \u2062students for their support of the Hamas attacks on Israel has been driving \u2063around the college campus\u2064 for \u200bthe past \u2062three \u200bdays. (Alice Giordano\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A \u200dHarvard\u2064 graduate student who signed the\u2062 solidarity statement expressed fear for \u2063his safety after being &#8220;doxxed&#8221; by the AIM truck. However, Mr. Guillette clarified that his organization did not engage in doxxing and that the students themselves publicly listed their names and photos on the\u200c Facebook pages of \u2062the student \u200dorganizations advocating for\u2063 solidarity with Hamas militants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">&#8220;It&#8217;s both hilarious and outrageous that they \u2062are shocked their names and faces are publicly available on the platform where Facebook was invented,&#8221; he commented.\u2064 <\/p>\n<h2>Jewish Students Respond<\/h2>\n<p> \u200cSeveral Jewish students and others on Harvard&#8217;s campus spoke anonymously with The \u200dEpoch Times. One of them\u200b cautiously revealed his yarmulke, a religious cap\u2062 worn by Jewish men, from his coat pocket\u200b and then quickly concealed it, stating, &#8220;Usually I would wear \u200cthis\u2064 today, \u2064but I&#8217;m honestly afraid to even put this on.&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The young man, \u200cidentified only as Jack S.,\u2062 was present\u2062 on campus for Shabbat 100, an annual Jewish celebration at Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>A volunteer from Harvard Chabad, the event organizer, mentioned that the celebration had been scheduled long in\u2064 advance and unfortunately \u2063coincided with \u200cHamas&#8217;s attack on Israel, leading to anti-Semitic\u200c protests by Harvard students in support of the terrorist group&#8217;s slaughter.<\/p>\n<p>Another student, who\u2063 preferred to\u2063 be identified as Aaron, expressed his \u2063deep offense at Harvard&#8217;s failure to expel the students who endorse such violence, especially considering the university&#8217;s readiness to discipline students for \u2064not using preferred gender pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s ironic how a microaggression over pronouns can get you kicked off campus, but real violence doesn&#8217;t elicit a response,&#8221; he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the \u2063Harvard campus, numerous posters featuring women, men, and children, including babies, who are missing and presumed kidnapped by Hamas during the attack, have been displayed. Similar posters with the headline &#8220;KIDNAPPED&#8221; have also been put up around the nearby MIT campus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\">\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Posters \u2064of those suspected\u2064 of being abducted by Palestinian militants in\u200c Israel are hung throughout Harvard University campus (Photo by \u200bAlice Giordano)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The posters were put up by Mishelanu, a Hebrew term meaning &#8220;one of us.&#8221; This national organization consists of second-generation Israeli-American students from various universities across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Many passersby have\u2064 stopped to observe the posters displayed on outdoor kiosks at Harvard. One poster features 8-month-old Israeli Kfir, dressed in a \u2063onesie and playing with a toy. \u2064Other posters depict two-year-old Aviv and four-year-old Ariel. Ironically, these kidnapped posters are placed alongside a poster advertising a seminar on philosophers Homer and Plato titled &#8220;The Problem of Justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Notably, a large\u2064 sandwich board \u200cpromoting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/truck-donning-names-pictures-of-hamas-sympathizing-students-drives-around-harvard-campus\/\" title=\"Truck showcasing Hamas-sympathizing students' names and photos circulates Harvard.\">drag queen skating event sponsored<\/a> by Harvard&#8217;s Office of Gender \u200bEquity\u2064 was positioned near the posters, directly across from where the Shabbat celebration was being \u2062set up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">Mr. Guillette\u2062 revealed that\u200d LGBTQ groups have participated in\u2062 the anti-Semitic \u200cprotests encountered by his organization, including a recent one\u2063 at Berklee College \u200cin California. \u200d&#8221;It&#8217;s crazy because \u200cif \u200cthey\u2064 were \u200bin the Middle \u2062East, they would\u2062 be thrown off a bridge,&#8221;\u2062 he\u2063 remarked, highlighting Hamas&#8217;s treatment of LGBTQ individuals. &#8220;They just don&#8217;t seem \u200bto understand what they are supporting.&#8221; <\/p>\n<h2>Backflip<\/h2>\n<p> \u2064 Several students who initially signed the solidarity letter supporting Hamas have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/harvard-student-organizations-backtracking-on-letter-blaming-israel-for-hamas-attack-5508596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retracted<\/a> their names.<\/div>\n<p>Mr. Guillette informed The Epoch Times that his organization plans to continue driving the truck around the Harvard campus indefinitely\u200c to \u200dprotest the students&#8217; message.<\/p>\n<p>Later on Friday, a group of Republican Harvard alumni sent an open letter to Harvard President \u200cClaudine Gay, demanding a &#8220;clear condemnation&#8221;\u2063 of antisemitism from the college.<\/p>\n<p>The letter \u200cwas signed by Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Representative\u2063 Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), among others.<\/p>\n<p>Several Harvard officials, including \u2062President Gay, have issued statements denouncing \u200bthe \u200dattacks on Israel and emphasizing that they do not support the student groups endorsing Hamas militants.<\/p>\n<p>In January, the college granted a fellowship to former Human Rights Watch Director Ken Roth, \u2063a controversial\u200c critic of Israel who has made anti-Semitic remarks publicly. Initially, Douglas Elmendorf, dean of Harvard&#8217;s Kennedy School,\u200d rejected Mr. Roth for\u200d the \u2064fellowship, prompting over 1,000 Harvard students, faculty, and alumni to call for Dean Elmendorf&#8217;s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>However, Dean Elmendorf reversed his decision, acknowledging that it was an error.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard is \u2063not the only \u2064Boston-area college where \u200cstudents have publicly expressed support for Hamas&#8217;s actions. The student group &#8220;Tufts Students for Justice in Palestine&#8221; at nearby Tufts University, one of the top medical schools \u200cin the country, commended Hamas for its &#8220;creativity&#8221; in carrying out brutal attacks on Israelis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What implications does this \u200bincident have for freedom of expression and activism within academic institutions like Harvard University<\/h2>\n<p><span>  CAMBRIDGE, Mass.\u2014Harvard University is currently facing controversy as a truck covered with pictures and names of students\u2063 who voiced support for Hamas and \u200dtheir violent assault on Israeli \u200bfamilies is circling the college campus. The truck, which \u200dfirst appeared on Wednesday afternoon, has left students stunned \u2063and has sparked widespread debate.<\/p>\n<p>Emblazoned on all four sides of the large box truck is the title &#8220;Harvard&#8217;s Leading\u200b Antisemites.&#8221; The truck is adorned with giant pictures and the names of the students who openly expressed their support for Hamas and its actions. This display has caused\u2063 outrage among many in the \u200bHarvard community, who believe that \u2063it\u200c promotes an ideology\u2064 of hate and violence.<\/p>\n<p>The truck bears\u2064 a \u2062link to the website of Accuracy In Media (AIM), a conservative advocacy\u200d group based in Washington D.C. that organized the truck. AIM aims to expose what it perceives as \u2064liberal-left \u200dbias in media reporting,\u2062 particularly\u200b regarding the Hamas terrorist group and the Palestinian cause. However, many \u200bcritics argue that the organization fails to provide the broader context of the\u200b ongoing conflict between \u2062Palestinian factions and the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>According to AIM \u200cPresident Adam Guillette, the truck serves as a means to expose Harvard students who support Hamas&#8217;s brutal assault and the violence inflicted \u200bon innocent Israeli civilians. While the truck has\u2062 received positive feedback, it has also \u2063faced opposition and attacks. Mr. Guillette \u200breported that a group of individuals, who appeared to be college students, threatened the truck driver, \u200dvandalized the truck, and even threw a brick \u200bat \u200bit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ironically, they claimed our truck would incite violence, but it&#8217;s clear who is actually committing the violence,&#8221; remarked Mr. Guillette, highlighting the contradiction in the actions of those\u2063 opposing the truck.<\/p>\n<p>In response to these \u2063events, a total of 34 student\u200d organizations have signed\u2063 a letter expressing solidarity with Hamas. This has further \u200cintensified the debate surrounding the truck and its message. Critics argue that supporting Hamas, an organization known for its acts of terrorism and \u2063violence, is contrary to \u200bthe \u2063principles of\u200c Harvard University and goes\u2064 against \u200bthe values of \u2064peace, tolerance,\u200d and respect.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy\u2063 and division sparked by the appearance of this\u200b truck highlight the deep divide that exists within society when it \u2063comes to\u200d the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It also raises\u2062 important questions about freedom of expression and the limits of activism within academic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard\u200c University,\u2063 known for its commitment to intellectual inquiry and the pursuit of knowledge, must now confront this challenging situation and\u2063 engage \u2063in meaningful dialogue\u200b to address the concerns raised by students, faculty, and the wider community. This\u2063 incident serves as a \u2062reminder that \u2063fostering an environment of inclusivity, understanding, and respect is essential\u2063 for a university to fulfill its \u2064mission\u2063 and uphold its values.<\/p>\n<p>As the truck continues \u2064to\u2063 make its\u200c rounds on the Harvard\u2063 campus,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A truck with large images and names of Harvard students supporting Hamas and their brutal attack on Israeli families, including children, is continuously circling the campus. 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