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...tensions remained high in the Middle East yesterday, Harvard Students for Israel (HSI) and the Harvard Society of Arab Students (SAS) held simultaneous public events in Tercentenary Theater...
Moments later, HSI's "Rally in Solidarity with the State of Israel" began on the steps of Memorial Church with about 250 supporters. The rally mourned "all loss of life in the Middle East," while also issuing a strong show of support for the Israeli state...
...HSI Not Anti-Palestine...
...particular, the article's characterization of the opinions of Jewish students is disturbing. One student quoted in the article mentions Jews who are completely unsympathetic to the Palestinian cause in any way, shape or form. As evidence for this startling statement, the article mentions Harvard Students for Israel (HSI), "whose members' opinions tend to be less sympathetic to the Palestinian cause...
...three years at Harvard, I have never met a Jewish student who is completely unsympathetic to the Palestinian cause. Furthermore, as a member of HSI, I can testify to the political diversity of the group. Most importantly, however, the debate over the recent events in the Middle East is not about one's support for causes, but rather one's beliefs about the legitimacy of violent acts...