WATCH: Antisemitic Protest Targets Harvard Hillel, Jewish Student Center

“Zionists are not welcome here!” protesters chanted, along with “From the river to the sea/Palestine will be free,” which is a call for the destruction of Israel. A “Zionist” is someone who believes in Israel’s right to exist; over 90% of Jewish people subscribe to that belief, meaning that if “Zionists” are not welcome, neither are Jews in general.

The Harvard Crimson reported:
 

Protesters held two banners that read “Hillel Hosts War Criminals” and “IOF Out of Campus Out of Gaza” — referring to the IDF as the “Israeli Occupation Forces.” They briefly chanted “Shame on Hillel,” “From the River to the Sea,” “Israel is a terrorist state,” and “Zionists not welcome here.”

Executive Director of Harvard Hillel Jason B. Rubenstein ’04 wrote in an emailed statement that “Harvard Hillel is and will always be the home of Zionism, and every form of Jewish life, at Harvard.”

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“Zionism, the pursuit of Jewish self-determination in the land of Israel, is a central element of the religious identity of thousands of Jewish Harvard affiliates. ‘Zionists not welcome here,’ a call for discrimination against much of our community due to our sincerely held beliefs, is bigotry,” Rubenstein wrote. “I hope that everyone here, no matter your positions on Israel or the current war, will recognize it as such.”

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