‘Student Intifada’: Anti-Israel Harvard Student Groups Commemorate ‘One Year of Genocide’

October 08, 2024 1 min read

Abigail Anthony
National Review

Excerpt: Four Harvard University student organizations released a joint statement on Monday denouncing the university and further claiming that the October 7 attacks on Israel showed “apartheid cannot stand.”

“One year ago today, Gaza broke through Israel's blockade, showing the world that the ongoing Nakba and apartheid cannot stand,” reads the statement released on October 7. “Every day since, the Israeli regime has escalated its 76-year-long occupation into a now 365-day-long genocide.”

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