{"id":2218226,"date":"2024-04-11T09:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-stefanik-calls-out-harvard-for-allowing-alleged-antisemitic-attacker-to-graduate\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T09:41:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:41:14","slug":"rep-stefanik-calls-out-harvard-for-allowing-alleged-antisemitic-attacker-to-graduate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-stefanik-calls-out-harvard-for-allowing-alleged-antisemitic-attacker-to-graduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Stefanik criticizes Harvard for graduating alleged antisemitic attacker"},"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%2Frep-stefanik-calls-out-harvard-for-allowing-alleged-antisemitic-attacker-to-graduate%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=2218226&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--><p>Rep. Elise Stefanik from New York criticized Harvard University\u2062 for allowing an alleged antisemitic attacker to graduate in May. The letter, addressing the\u200b delay\u2062 in justice, highlighted \u2063Harvard&#8217;s handling of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-stewart-walks-back-antisemitism-accusations-against-harry-potter-and-j-k-rowling\/\" title=\"Jon Stewart Walks Back Antisemitism Accusations Against 'Harry Potter' and J.K. Rowling\">antisemitism accusations<\/a>. Stefanik\u200b emphasized the need for accountability and condemned the university&#8217;s leadership for perpetuating \u200dantisemitism. The incident in question involved a pro-Palestinian student \u200callegedly assaulting an Israeli peer.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elise-stefanik\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Elise Stefanik<\/a> (R-NY) sent a letter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/harvard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Harvard University<\/a> on Thursday criticizing the institution for allowing an alleged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>antisemitic<\/a> attacker to graduate in May.<\/p>\n<p>The letter comes on the heels of a rocky several months for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-america-first-means-choosing-country-over-popularity-in-the-foreign-policy-culture-war\/\" title=\"CRENSHAW: \u2018America First\u2019 Means Choosing Country Over Popularity In The Foreign Policy Culture War\">elite university<\/a>, which has been hit by accusations of protecting antisemitism and not enforcing campus bylaws by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-will-keep-quitting-in-droves-until-the-left-stops-neutering-them-with-nonsense-reforms\/\" title=\"Police Will Keep Quitting In Droves Until The Left Stops Neutering Them With Nonsense \u2018Reforms\u2019\">taking disciplinary action<\/a> against pro-Palestinian students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJustice for this incident should have been served quickly, and the delay of justice that specifically allows an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-college-presidents-refuse-to-testify-that-calls-for-jewish-genocide-violate-their-rules\/\" title=\"College presidents refuse to testify against calls for Jewish genocide\">antisemitic student<\/a> to graduate is an affront to accountability and demonstrates the cultural rot of Harvard University\u2019s leadership that has allowed antisemitism to continue,\u201d Stefanik said in the letter to Harvard interim president Alan Garber and senior fellow Penny Pritzker.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/New-York\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York<\/a> Republican and Harvard alumna is referring to an incident from Oct. 18, shortly after the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, during which members of the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee allegedly surrounded and physically assaulted an Israeli Harvard Business School student who was recording a \u201cdie-in\u201d protest.<\/p>\n<p>One of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-leaves-cnn-grieves-network-suffers-post-impeachment-ratings-dive-fox-news-back-on-top\/\" title=\"Trump Leaves, CNN Grieves: Network Suffers Post-Impeachment Ratings Dive, Fox News Back on Top\">alleged attackers<\/a> is set to graduate in May, and a letter from the alleged victim\u2019s lawyers states that court date negotiations have been delayed \u2014 meaning one of the alleged assailants could graduate with a degree from Harvard before being held legally accountable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lack of any tangible developments in this investigation is unacceptable as [redacted name] rapidly approaches graduation,\u201d the letter from the alleged victim\u2019s attorneys at Holtzman Vogel stated. \u201cThe protracted delay all but ensures that at least one of the offending individuals will have the privilege of graduating from Harvard without facing any serious academic or professional consequences for his actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message of Harvard University is loud and clear: Harvard students can harass and assault a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Jewish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jewish<\/a> individual on camera with impunity, advertise the attack on social media, and still receive a Harvard degree, scot-free,\u201d the letter continued.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik was told by since-ousted Harvard president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Claudine-Gay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Claudine Gay<\/a> that \u201cdisciplinary processes are underway\u201d when Gay testified before Congress in the now-infamous hearing that contributed to her resignation. But Stefanik said that the school has \u201cproduced no evidence of punishment against those who have committed crimes and violated Harvard\u2019s code of conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllowing this student to gain the title of Harvard graduate disgraces all who have come before him and erodes the distinction of a once sought after degree,\u201d Stefanik stated. \u201cAt a time when support and applications for Harvard have fallen, university leadership has continuously chosen to side with those who hate Jewish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>students<\/a> and faculty and failed to keep them safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Harvard for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) rebuked Harvard University for graduating an alleged antisemitic attacker in May. The criticism, expressed in a letter sent on Thursday, follows a tumultuous period for the university, marred by accusations of safeguarding antisemitism and neglecting campus regulations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2218227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24054790697605-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2218226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24054790697605-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2218227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}