Harvard Ignites Backlash Over Delayed Response to Hamas Attack on Israel

WATCH: Lawrence Summers says Bill Ackman is “getting a bit carried away” in his call for Harvard University to reveal the names of students who signed a statement that blamed Israel for Hamas’ attack. Source: Bloomberg

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By Janet Lorin and Pierre Paulden

October 10, 2023 at 9:42 PM UTC

Updated on

October 11, 2023 at 10:58 PM UTC

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The letter was signed by more than 30 student groups at Harvard after the world woke to images of a mass attack by Hamas on civilians in Israel, including hundreds of young people at a music festival.

The “events did not occur in a vacuum,” the students wrote, laying sole responsibility for the violence on Israel.