{"id":2174137,"date":"2024-02-12T13:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T18:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-to-host-un-official-banned-from-israel-for-justifying-oct-7-terrorist-attack\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T13:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T18:09:48","slug":"harvard-to-host-un-official-banned-from-israel-for-justifying-oct-7-terrorist-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-to-host-un-official-banned-from-israel-for-justifying-oct-7-terrorist-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard to host UN official barred from Israel over support for Oct 7 attack"},"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\">28<\/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-to-host-un-official-banned-from-israel-for-justifying-oct-7-terrorist-attack%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=2174137&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>Harvard University \u2063to\u2062 Host Controversial UN Official Banned by Israel<\/h2>\n<p>Harvard University is \u2064set to host a United Nations official today\u200c who was just banned by Israel for\u200c her comments justifying\u2062 Hamas\u2019\u2064 October 7 slaughter of more than 1,000 civilians as\u2063 a \u201cresponse to Israel\u2019s \u200doppression.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Francesca Albanese, the UN\u2019s Special\u2064 Rapporteur on \u200bthe\u200d Palestinian territories, was officially banned from Israel\u200c on Monday for stating days earlier that\u2062 the Hamas attack had nothing to \u2064do with anti-Semitism, according to The Times of Israel. She is still scheduled, however, to be a featured speaker for Harvard\u2019s Carr Center for\u2063 Human Rights Policy on Monday afternoon to discuss \u2062Israel\u2019s war in\u2063 Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cJoin us for \u200ca virtual conversation\u200b with UN Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, as \u2062she discusses her perspective on the current situation in the Gaza area \u200cas well as her experiences working on the protection of Palestinian refugees and migrants,\u201d<\/strong> the \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/harvard-events\/events-calendar\/?trumbaEmbed=view%3devent%26eventid%3d172028913\">event\u2019s website states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Albanese on Saturday has made her\u200d position \u2063on Israel\u2019s \u2064offensive \u2062against Hamas \u2062quite\u200c clear, most recently pushing \u200bback against French President Emmanuel Macron for calling the October 7 attack an \u201canti-Semitic massacre.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe \u2064\u2018greatest anti-Semitic massacre of our century\u2019? No, Mr. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmanuelMacron\">@EmmanuelMacron<\/a>,\u201d<\/strong> UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FranceskAlbs\/status\/1756351236909965591\">tweeted<\/a> in response to France\u2019s\u2062 president honoring the\u2062 victims on Saturday. \u200b <strong>\u201cThe victims of 10\/7 were not killed because \u2062of their\u2063 Judaism, but in response to \u2064Israel\u2019s oppression.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Harvard\u2019s \u2063decision to host her on\u2064 the same \u2062day she\u200d was banned by Israel comes \u2062as the Ivy League institution grapples with rampant anti-Semitism on campus. The Cambridge-based Ivy League is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jewish-students-sue-harvard-for-failing-to-stop-anti-semitism-while-threatening-discipline-for-fatphobia\">facing a lawsuit<\/a> filed by\u200d Jewish\u2064 students that accuses the school of avoiding protecting\u2064 Jewish students from harassment \u2064and enabling antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard University did not immediately respond to\u200d a request for comment. <strong>The event, entitled, \u201cA Conversation with Francesca Albanese,\u201d will \u200cbe hosted at 2:00 p.m., and \u2062will include the center\u2019s Faculty Director Mathias Risse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Israeli officials said Albanese should be fired permanently \u200dby\u2063 the United Nations, The Times of Israel reported on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe era of Jews being \u2064silent is over,\u201d Foreign Minister Israel Katz and Interior Minister Moshe Arbel said in a joint \u200bstatement. \u201cIf the UN wants to return to being \u2062a relevant body, its leaders must publicly disavow the anti-Semitic words of the \u2018Special\u200c Envoy\u2019 \u2013 and fire her permanently. Preventing her \u2063from entering Israel might remind her of the real reason why \u2062Hamas slaughtered babies, \u200dwomen and adults.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last year, a bipartisan group of\u2063 members of Congress called on \u2062the United\u200c Nations to remove Albanese for \u200bher\u2062 bias against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMs. Albanese has repeatedly refused to \u2063condemn terrorist attacks against Israelis\u2064 while continuing her condemnations of Israel,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/schneider.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/schneider-wagner-lead-representatives-call-un-disband-commission-inquiry-and\">the group wrote<\/a>. \u201cFor an official tasked with serving as an independent, neutral, and expert voice on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, her inexcusable silence against terrorism targeting Israelis and her \u200boutrageous and prejudicial \u200bremarks clearly reflect the irredeemable\u200b bias of her mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ\u200d MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harvard-to-host-summer-program-at-palestinian-university-dominated-by-hamas\"><strong>Harvard To Host Summer Program At Palestinian\u2064 University Dominated By Hamas<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month The\u2062 Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harvard-kennedy-school-to-host-radical-palestinian-professor-who-blamed-israel-for-hamas-terrorist-attack\">first reported<\/a> on \u2063the Harvard Kennedy School\u2019s Middle East Initiative\u2019s plan to host a\u200c Palestinian\u2064 professor who called Hamas\u2019 massacre of Israeli\u2064 civilians a \u201cnormal struggle for freedom,\u201d\u200c and\u200d said she would never \u2062forgive Israel\u2019s government for \u201cmaking\u200b us\u2063 take their children \u200band\u2064 elderly as \u200bhostages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harvard-employee-harasses-jewish-student-suing-school-for-anti-semitism-asks-to-debate-9-11-conspiracies\"><strong>Harvard Employee Harasses Jewish Student Suing School For\u200c Anti-Semitism, Asks To Debate 9\/11 Conspiracies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The\u2062 school\u200b distanced itself\u200b from the event, putting\u200c the blame on \u200dthe Middle East Initiative\u2019s director, Professor Tarek E. Masoud.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDean Douglas Elmendorf personally finds abhorrent the comments by Dalal Saeb Iriqat quoted in the press\u2064 that justify and normalize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-lawmakers-react-to-explosion-at-kabul-airport-as-horrifying-photos-emerge\/\" title=\"American Lawmakers React To Explosion At Kabul Airport As Horrifying Photos Emerge\">horrific terrorist attack<\/a> by\u2064 Hamas,\u201d it said in a statement. \u201cAn invitation to speak at the\u200c Kennedy \u2064School never implies an endorsement of a \u2064speaker\u2019s \u200cviews by the Kennedy School or members of the Kennedy School community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u200c message does Harvard University\u2063 send by granting \u200da platform \u2062to someone accused \u200cof justifying violence and minimizing acts of \u2064terror, and how\u200c does this affect\u2064 the overall campus environment and the safety of its students<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Gislation-to-condemn-anti-israel-unesco-resolution&#8221;>stated<\/a> Representative Brad\u200d Schneider (D-IL) when he\u200c introduced a resolution\u2063 calling\u200b for Albanese\u2019s removal.\u2062 \u201cThis undermines the mission of the United\u200c Nations and harms any prospects for peace. It is time for the UN to take action and remove her from this role immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how Harvard\u2019s decision to host Albanese will be received, especially in light of the ongoing lawsuit\u200c against the university for enabling antisemitism \u200con \u200ccampus. This controversial move could further exacerbate tensions and fuel the \u200dperception that anti-Israel sentiment is tolerated at Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>As an institution \u2062of higher learning and\u2063 intellectual discourse, Harvard University has a responsibility to \u200cinvite \u200bspeakers \u200dwho promote diversity of opinions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-continues-fight-to-wear-there-are-only-two-genders-shirt-in-appeals-court\/\" title=\"Student fights to wear 'Two genders only' shirt in appeals court\">encourage open \u2062dialogue<\/a>. However, it is equally important to consider \u200cthe potential \u2062consequences of hosting\u200b a controversial figure like \u2062Albanese, who has been accused of bias against Israel \u2064and supporting anti-Semitic rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d timing of this event is particularly questionable, as it \u200bcomes\u200d on the heels of Albanese being banned by Israel for her comments justifying Hamas\u2019 attack on Israeli civilians. This\u2063 raises concerns about Harvard&#8217;s commitment to fostering a safe and inclusive environment for all students, \u2062including Jewish students who may\u200b feel targeted by Albanese&#8217;s \u2062remarks and her overall stance on \u2062Israel.<\/p>\n<p>While academic freedom should \u2062be protected, it is crucial to differentiate \u2062between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-heaps-praise-on-librarians-who-push-porn-on-kids-in-criticism-of-parental-book-bans\/\" title=\"Obama commends librarians supporting children's access to diverse literature, addressing concerns over parental restrictions.\">promoting diverse \u200bperspectives<\/a> and endorsing individuals who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-undercover-tiktoker-at-pro-palestinian-rally-finds-out-how-protesters-feel-about-jews\/\" title=\"Video: TikToker Uncovers Sentiments Towards Jews at Pro-Palestinian Rally\">propagate hate speech<\/a> or support violence against innocent civilians,\u200b regardless of the political \u2064context. Harvard must carefully \u2063consider the message it sends by granting a \u200dplatform to someone accused of\u2064 justifying violence\u200d and minimizing acts \u2063of \u2063terror.<\/p>\n<p>To address these concerns, Harvard University should\u200c be transparent about \u2062its decision\u200d to host Albanese and provide the necessary context for why she\u2063 was invited. A clear \u200bstatement \u200dreaffirming the university&#8217;s commitment to combatting all forms of discrimination and fostering a truly inclusive environment would help allay fears \u2063and demonstrate \u2064Harvard&#8217;s dedication to ensuring \u200dits campus is a safe space for all students.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of\u2063 anti-Semitism on college campuses is not unique \u2063to\u200d Harvard or limited to this \u2063particular\u200c event. Universities across the country must proactively address this issue \u2063and take concrete actions to protect Jewish \u2062students \u200dfrom harassment and discrimination. \u2064It is not \u2062enough \u2062to \u200dsimply\u200c condemn acts of anti-Semitism; institutions must actively work\u200c to create an\u200c environment where all students feel safe, respected, and\u200b included.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Harvard\u2063 University\u2019s decision to\u2063 host Francesca\u2064 Albanese, a\u200d UN official banned by Israel for her controversial remarks, raises serious \u2064concerns about its commitment to fostering an \u200binclusive and respectful\u2063 environment for \u200ball\u2063 students. As an institution \u200bof higher learning, Harvard must carefully balance academic freedom with the responsibility to promote diversity of perspectives while avoiding the endorsement of hate speech and violence. Taking proactive \u2062steps to address the ongoing lawsuit and reaffirming its dedication to combatting anti-Semitism would help restore confidence and\u200b ensure\u2063 a\u200d more inclusive campus for all students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harvard University will welcome a United Nations official today, despite her recent ban from Israel. Francesca Albanese, the UN&#8217;s Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, justified Hamas&#8217; killing of over 1,000 civilians as a response to Israel&#8217;s oppression. 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