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Harvard Students for Israel (HSI), which was holding a rally at the same time, was allowed to use amplification devices--something which Sternin says represents a double standard...
Illingworth said he approved HSI's request to use amplification because the group's rally occurred during that one-hour window. He said he rejected SAS' application because the group wanted to use amplifying devices earlier in the afternoon...
...only kind of public treatment of this issue since the outbreak of violence over a month ago has been a series of highly partisan rallies/vigils sponsored by Harvard Students for Israel (HSI) and the Society of Arab Students (SAS). While these groups might pretend that they encourage open dialogue, their behavior suggests they want anything but. Rather than solicit other opinions they have polarized the issues. By holding separate vigils to mourn the dead and organizing competing rallies to assert their own opinions, these two groups have drawn a bold line between their two sides. Debate consists of yelling back...
Dialogue between SAS and HSI was a closed-door, moderated discussion involving approximately 15 members on each side. People who organized the event have informed me that the lack of press at the discussion facilitated "open dialogue." The assurance that what was said would not leave the room certainly made things more comfortable for the 30 to 40 lucky participants. However, the secrecy of the dialogue only reinforced the prevailing sentiment that this issue can only be confronted privately...
...organizers of the HSI rally "deplored all deaths" but mentioned by name only two slain Israeli soldiers, erasing the fact that nearly all of those killed have been Palestinian civilians. The Harvard Society of Arab Students (SAS) maintained a silent, dignified presence near the rally. Several of SAS' most active members are Jews; numerous Jews and Israelis stood with SAS in making an explicit point to display the names of Palestinians, Israeli civilians and the two Israeli soldiers killed while under detention...