{"id":2218773,"date":"2024-04-11T18:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T22:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-students-who-accosted-israeli-classmate-have-a-court-date-though-university-has-yet-to-discipline-them\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T18:35:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T22:35:34","slug":"harvard-students-who-accosted-israeli-classmate-have-a-court-date-though-university-has-yet-to-discipline-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-students-who-accosted-israeli-classmate-have-a-court-date-though-university-has-yet-to-discipline-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard students facing court date for confronting Israeli classmate, university yet to take action"},"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-students-who-accosted-israeli-classmate-have-a-court-date-though-university-has-yet-to-discipline-them%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=2218773&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>Elise Stefanik \u2063writes to Harvard urging swift justice for the\u200d assault on an \u2062Israeli student \u200bby two\u2062 graduate \u2062students. The culprits, Ibrahim Bharmal \u2063and Elom Tettey-Tamaklo, could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/belarusian-authorities-raid-homes-and-offices-of-journalists-and-activists\/\" title=\"Belarusian Authorities Raid Homes And Offices Of Journalists And Activists\">face criminal charges<\/a>\u2063 pending\u200c negotiations with \u200bprosecutors. Despite this, \u2064Harvard has yet to take\u2064 disciplinary action. The incident has sparked concerns\u2062 over Harvard&#8217;s handling \u200dof antisemitism. \u200cElise Stefanik \u2063has \u200dpenned a letter to Harvard, pressing \u200bfor prompt\u200d justice regarding an assault on \u2062an Israeli student by two graduate students, Ibrahim\u2063 Bharmal and Elom Tettey-Tamaklo. The individuals may potentially face\u200c criminal charges as discussions \u2062with prosecutors proceed.\u2064 Harvard&#8217;s delay in taking disciplinary measures has raised alarms about\u2064 its approach to combating antisemitism.  <\/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<h2>&#8216;Justice for this incident should have been served quickly,&#8217; Elise Stefanik writes in letter to Ivy League school<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tElom Tettey-Tamaklo, others attack Israeli student (Screenshot)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Harvard University graduate students who accosted an Israeli classmate are negotiating with prosecutors over a court date and may face criminal charges, though the school has yet to take disciplinary action against them.<\/p>\n<p>The two students\u2014identified in an October <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/israeli-harvard-business-school-student-accosted-and-harassed-amid-gaza-die-in-on-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> as <em>Harvard Law Review<\/em> editor Ibrahim Bharmal and divinity school student Elom Tettey-Tamaklo\u2014are &#8220;currently in the process of negotiating court dates&#8221; with prosecutors over their actions during an Oct. 18 &#8220;die-in&#8221; protest, according to a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/81b76c35801\/ba5bc10e-1fc5-4864-a7fd-d77bbb8611e2.pdf?rdr=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.). Bharmal and Tettey-Tamaklo were <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/israeli-harvard-business-school-student-accosted-and-harassed-amid-gaza-die-in-on-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filmed<\/a> shoving and accosting a first-year Israeli student at Harvard Business School.<\/p>\n<p>Stefanik&#8217;s letter, which was sent to interim Harvard president Alan Garber and Harvard Corporation head Penny Pritzker, says an initial hearing in the case is scheduled for May 7. At that hearing, a court official will determine whether there is enough evidence to criminally charge the students.<\/p>\n<p>Both Bharmal and Tettey-Tamaklo remain in good standing with the school, according to Stefanik&#8217;s letter, which notes that Harvard has produced &#8220;no evidence of punishment against those who have committed crimes and violated Harvard&#8217;s code of conduct.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tettey-Tamaklo is set to graduate from Harvard in May, according to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elom-t-ab712b163\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>, meaning he could receive a degree from the Ivy League institution before his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-a-rico-case-and-it-involves-potentially-the-incoming-president-of-the-united-states-assuming-hes-installed-tom-fitton-on-hunter-bidens-criminal-c\/\" title=\"\u201cThis Is a RICO Case and It Involves Potentially the Incoming President of the United States, Assuming He\u2019s Installed\u201d \u2013 Tom Fitton on Hunter Biden\u2019s Criminal Case\">criminal case<\/a> is settled. Harvard declined to comment on whether students facing criminal charges are eligible to receive degrees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Justice for this incident should have been served quickly,&#8221; Stefanik wrote in her letter, &#8220;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&#8217;s leadership that has allowed antisemitism to continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>University spokesman Jonathan Swain issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/stefanik-blasts-harvard-for-failure-to-discipline-students-who-allegedly-assaulted-israeli-classmate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on Thursday that said Tettey-Tamaklo &#8220;is not scheduled to graduate in May 2024,&#8221; but he declined to provide more information.<\/p>\n<p>During the October &#8220;die-in,&#8221; Tettey-Tamaklo, Bharmal, and other protesters pushed, shoved, and surrounded the Israeli student, using keffiyehs to block their own faces and the Israeli student&#8217;s view. The protesters repeatedly shouted &#8220;SHAME!&#8221; as the Jewish student said, &#8220;Don&#8217;t grab me,&#8221; and &#8220;Don&#8217;t touch my neck.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/israeli-harvard-business-school-student-accosted-and-harassed-amid-gaza-die-in-on-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incident<\/a> was first reported by the<em> Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the ordeal, Harvard <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/harvard-scrubs-online-bio-of-student-captured-on-video-harassing-israeli-classmate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scrubbed<\/a> Tettey-Tamaklo&#8217;s online bio, a move that came as the school launched a task force to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-law-student-says-pal-at-anti-israel-protest-was-protecting-her-from-aggressive-jew\/\" title=\"Harvard Law Student Claims Friend Protected Her from 'Aggressive' Individual at Anti-Israel Protest\">assist student protesters<\/a> whose names were publicized after they blamed Israel for Hamas&#8217;s Oct. 7 terror attack. Harvard later <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/report-harvard-grad-student-captured-on-film-accosting-classmate-removed-from-proctor-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed Tettey-Tamaklo<\/a> from his role as a freshman proctor, a supervisory role in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harvard-grad-student-who-accosted-israeli-classmate-and-supervised-undergraduate-students-glorified-convicted-palestinian-terrorist\/\" title=\"Harvard Grad Student Who Accosted Israeli Classmate and Supervised Undergraduate Students Glorified Convicted Palestinian Terrorist\">graduate students live<\/a> among freshmen.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard has otherwise &#8220;done nothing to sanction&#8221; Tettey-Tamaklo, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/harvard-students-captured-on-film-accosting-israeli-classmate-remain-in-good-standing-with-school-lawsuit-alleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January lawsuit<\/a> that accuses Harvard of failing to combat &#8220;outrageous antisemitic conduct.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In March 2023, while serving as a proctor, Tettey-Tamaklo <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/harvard-grad-student-who-accosted-israeli-classmate-and-supervised-undergraduate-students-glorified-convicted-palestinian-terrorist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote an article<\/a>, published by the Institute for Palestine Studies, that glorified Palestinian terrorist Fatima Bernawi, who was imprisoned for her role in an attempted bombing of a Jerusalem movie theater in 1967.\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I started learning about Palestine, I was always struck by the women who featured prominently in the movement&#8217;s work,&#8221; Tettey-Tamaklo wrote. &#8220;However, one woman&#8217;s story struck me and has stayed with me ever since: Fatima Bernawi.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A true appreciation and celebration of underrepresented histories of Palestinian women like Bernawi\u2014among others\u2014cannot be relegated to the dusty corridors of history,&#8221; the Harvard student wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elise Stefanik urges swift justice in a letter to Harvard following the attack on an Israeli student. 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