I was at first a bit perplexed by the initial clip on X. However, even then it was pretty apparent what was happening, and the extended accounts here make it even clearer. For two top Harvard officials to show up suddenly, with the grim and humorless Palestine Solidarity Committee in tow (or was the PSC bringing the top brass in tow?), in order to disrupt the obviously low-key and civil group assembled is mindboggling in and of itself. What other public gatherings excite such top-level interest at Harvard so rapidly? I have to wonder if Harvard has learned ANYTHING at all these past two plus years. As I understand it, Trump seems to have signaled that he feels he's made some headway with Harvard. I guess I think he has started a ball rolling, but this little incident tells me it's got an awfully long way to roll.
The Chabad email announcing the Summers / Zarchi appearance was timestamped 10:38 AM on Thursday and the appearance was scheduled for noon the same day.
Was the timing so tight because Summers and Zarchi knew the wall was scheduled to be taken down at noon?
Did someone know of the Summers / Zarchi plans and ask for the 2 deans to appear? What was the rationale for the deans making such an appearance? Is it coincidence that the deans and the Palestine Solidarity Committee folks arrived at about the same time?
The details would help get a better understanding of what transpired.
Did Harvard provide 24-hour security for this wall as they did previously? As discussed in a decision by Judge Stearns (https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-dis-crt-d-mas/116457922.html) "Harvard required Chabbad, a campus Hasidic Jewish community center, to remove its Hanukkah menorah from campus each night to prevent it being vandalized, but it provided 24/7 security to [Palestinian Solidarity Committee]'s “Wall of Resistance.”".
Hanukkah begins on Sunday 14 December, during exams. Will Harvard engage in disparate treatment as it did in the past, to a degree that a judge cited the disparity in a decision?
I was at first a bit perplexed by the initial clip on X. However, even then it was pretty apparent what was happening, and the extended accounts here make it even clearer. For two top Harvard officials to show up suddenly, with the grim and humorless Palestine Solidarity Committee in tow (or was the PSC bringing the top brass in tow?), in order to disrupt the obviously low-key and civil group assembled is mindboggling in and of itself. What other public gatherings excite such top-level interest at Harvard so rapidly? I have to wonder if Harvard has learned ANYTHING at all these past two plus years. As I understand it, Trump seems to have signaled that he feels he's made some headway with Harvard. I guess I think he has started a ball rolling, but this little incident tells me it's got an awfully long way to roll.
The Chabad email announcing the Summers / Zarchi appearance was timestamped 10:38 AM on Thursday and the appearance was scheduled for noon the same day.
Was the timing so tight because Summers and Zarchi knew the wall was scheduled to be taken down at noon?
Did someone know of the Summers / Zarchi plans and ask for the 2 deans to appear? What was the rationale for the deans making such an appearance? Is it coincidence that the deans and the Palestine Solidarity Committee folks arrived at about the same time?
The details would help get a better understanding of what transpired.
Did Harvard provide 24-hour security for this wall as they did previously? As discussed in a decision by Judge Stearns (https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-dis-crt-d-mas/116457922.html) "Harvard required Chabbad, a campus Hasidic Jewish community center, to remove its Hanukkah menorah from campus each night to prevent it being vandalized, but it provided 24/7 security to [Palestinian Solidarity Committee]'s “Wall of Resistance.”".
Hanukkah begins on Sunday 14 December, during exams. Will Harvard engage in disparate treatment as it did in the past, to a degree that a judge cited the disparity in a decision?
“enforce the rules firmly and impartially"
In English, this reads
"for my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law"