On April 29, the Harvard Crimson, campus paper of Harvard University, published an op-ed in support of the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions movement against Israel. It cited all the boilerplate talking points about "occupation" and "justice".
Well-known Harvard Law Professor Emeritus, Allen Dershowitz, apparently after much wrangling with the newspaper, was able to post a critical letter to the editor taking issue with the endorsement.
In addition, Dershowitz has posted this article in Algemeiner, a New York-based pro-Israel outlet, describing his experience with the Harvard Crimson.
As I often do with campus controversies, I wrote a comment in the reader thread of the Harvard Crimson this afternoon, which reads as follows:
"As a gentile, I taught part-time at the University of California at Irvine from 1998-2016. I saw first-hand, time and time again how what might have been legitimate criticism of Israel's policies crossed the line into sheer Jew-hatred. I witnessed so many anti-Semitic speakers come to our campus and insult Jews in the name of the Palestinian cause. I said at the time that the focal point for the resurgence in anti-Semitism in the US was in our universities. I have seen the tactics of disruption and intimidation of groups like SJP and MSA directed against Jewish students. I have also seen the cowardice of university administrators who look the other way rather than protect Jewish students, It has now metastasized into society at large because the pro-Palestinian forces have linked up with leftists and other interest groups to blame Jews for everything. Classic anti-Semitism.
If you care so much about victims of violence in "occupied Palestine" (There has never been a Palestinian state in history), you might consider the three Israelis stabbed yesterday in a random attack, the latest in a long series of terrorist attacks against innocent men, women, and children.
The truth is that in your youthful, politically-correct ignorance, you have no idea what is driving this conflict. It is the hatred of Palestinians toward Jews. Read the history of the region.
Instead, you blissfully support BDS resolutions designed to destroy the Jewish state. You support people who have no interest in a final agreement. They want it all. And their tactic in the Middle East is murder while the tactic here in the US is disruption and intimidation on campus.
In truth, you are like little girls playing house. You pass resolutions that your university will ignore (if they have any sense). Meanwhile, this whole mess, which for some unexplained reason, is a hot-button issue on US campuses, means that Jewish students must study in a hostile environment."
-Gary Fouse
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I guess that about sums it up.
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