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Five former Israel Defense Force (IDF) soldiers debated “Breaking The Silence”—a controversial Harvard Hillel-hosted exhibit on the experiences of troops in the occupied Palestinian territories—during a panel yesterday evening...
...public event at Hillel invited four Harvard students who served in the IDF to discuss the exhibit with Oded Na’aman, a former IDF soldier presenting “Breaking The Silence” during its time in Boston, which ended Sunday. While some student panelists welcomed the exhibit, others criticized it for a lack of context and for portraying a negative image of Israel...
...response to Klein’s criticisms, President and Director of Harvard Hillel Bernie Steinberg issued an open letter to Klein last Friday. The letter stated Harvard Hillel’s intent to not support the exhibit—which the Progressive Jewish Alliance hosted and sponsored—but rather to provide a venue in which it could be freely discussed...
...Klein said in an interview yesterday that he intends to formally respond to Steinberg’s letter in a statement today and criticized Harvard Hillel for not adhering to the goals of National Hillel...
...gives a clear credibility and legitimacy to this propaganda of falsehood by having it on the walls of Hillel, even if they said they didn’t sponsor it,” Klein said. “Would we have an open discussion about whether the holocaust happened or whether slavery existed in America...