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...Hanan Ashrawi, minister of education in the Palestinian Authority, delivered an impassioned and controversial address on Monday evening before a packed classroom in Sever Hall. Pointing to its settlement policies, she argued that the Israeli government had fostered extremism on both sides. She also blamed the Clinton administration for failing to remain neutral in the faltering peace process...
...next day's Crimson, Adam J. Levitin '98, was quoted questioning "why the Harvard Foundation sponsored Ms. Ashrawi." A Crimson editor, Levitin was also quoted saying, "She was hardly promoting ethnic understanding...
Events like the speech by Ashrawi have helped to dispel the perception that the Foundation primarily sponsors "feel-good," "warm-and-fuzzy" events. The Foundation is not here to advance simplistic ideas about the role played by "culture" and "race" in students' identities, but to provoke an active dialogue about what these terms mean and the complex role they play in social and political affairs...
Levitin echoed Silverstein's dismay over thecontentious tone of Ashrawi's speech...
...know why the Harvard Foundationsponsored Ms. Ashwari," Levitin said. "She washardly promoting ethnic understanding."CrimsonJenny E. HellerDr. HANAN M. ASHRAWI, Palestinian Ministerof Education spoke to a crowd of about 400 lastnight. A guest of the Harvard Foundation, shespoke about Israel's 50th anniversary and theMiddle East peace process...