{"id":2072762,"date":"2023-10-19T08:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-students-anti-israel-open-letter-backfires-horribly-after-employer-responds-in-email\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T08:33:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T12:33:53","slug":"harvard-students-anti-israel-open-letter-backfires-horribly-after-employer-responds-in-email","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-students-anti-israel-open-letter-backfires-horribly-after-employer-responds-in-email\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard students&#8217; anti-Israel letter backfires as employer responds via email."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fharvard-students-anti-israel-open-letter-backfires-horribly-after-employer-responds-in-email%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=2072762&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>Leading U.S. \u200dLaw Firm Withdraws Job Offers from Harvard and Columbia \u200dStudents \u2064Over Israel-Hamas \u2062Comments<\/h2>\n<p>The\u200b prestigious U.S. law firm Davis \u2063Polk has made the bold decision to rescind employment offers from\u200d three law students at Harvard and Columbia universities. This\u200d comes after the students made \u2062controversial comments about the \u2062Israel-Hamas conflict, sparking a public outcry.<\/p>\n<p>The students&#8217; remarks were published in open letters by university groups, blaming Israel for\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-reject-measure-to-provide-funds-for-israels-iron-dome-block-attempts-to-sanction-hamas-reports\/\" title=\"Democrats Reject Measure To Provide Funds For Israel\u2019s Iron Dome, Block Attempts To Sanction Hamas: Reports\">recent terrorist attacks<\/a> by Hamas. These\u2063 attacks resulted in the tragic deaths of\u2062 over 1,300 people, including at least 30 Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d letters caused a significant backlash among various stakeholders, \u2064including university donors, employers, alumni, and fellow\u200d students.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Harvard University, which receives substantial U.S. aid, has faculty members and registered students\u200d openly blaming ISRAEL for the attacks by Hamas terrorists. This includes at least 14 Americans. \u200bThe law firm\u2064 Davis Polk has taken a stand against these statements.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RldZRwlami\">pic.twitter.com\/RldZRwlami<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny \u2063Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1712144628093223170?\">October 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The news of Davis Polk&#8217;s decision was announced by Managing Partner Neil Barr in an internal memo to the firm&#8217;s employees. The memo, which was later confirmed to be authentic, emphasized the firm&#8217;s commitment to maintaining a safe and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-mental-health-workers-say-university-counseling-ignores-and-intimidates-jews\/\" title=\"Stanford Mental Health Workers Say University Counseling Ignores and Intimidates Jews\">inclusive work environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Barr stated, &#8220;These statements are simply contrary to our firm&#8217;s values, and we \u200bthus concluded that rescinding these offers\u200c was appropriate in upholding our responsibility to provide a safe and inclusive work environment for all \u200cDavis Polk employees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He \u2063further added, &#8220;To ensure we continue to maintain a supportive and inclusive work environment, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prestigious-law-firm-rescinds-job-offers-for-ivy-leaguers-who-signed-pro-hamas-letters\/\" title=\"Law firm withdraws job offers from Ivy League students who endorsed Hamas.\">student\u2064 leaders responsible<\/a> for signing on to these \u200dstatements are\u200c no longer\u2063 welcome in our\u200c firm; and \u2063their offers of employment have thus been rescinded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The names of the affected students were not disclosed in the email.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial statements were \u200cmade in open letters\u200c authored by the Harvard Undergraduate \u200cPalestine Solidarity\u2063 Committee and co-signed by \u206233 other Harvard student \u200dorganizations. \u2063These letters demanded that the university hold Israel entirely responsible for the violence and called for action to stop the alleged annihilation of Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>A similar letter\u2063 was also issued at Columbia University.<\/p>\n<p>While the identities of the students \u2064who had \u2063their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-students-anti-israel-open-letter-backfires-horribly-after-employer-responds-in-email\/\" title=\"Harvard students' anti-Israel letter backfires as employer responds via email.\">job offers withdrawn remain unknown<\/a>, some of the signatories&#8217; names\u2062 and faces were displayed on a truck driving around the Harvard campus, organized\u200d by Accuracy in Media, which labeled them as &#8220;Harvard&#8217;s Leading Antisemites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The United States has largely supported Israel&#8217;s military response to the Hamas attacks. 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