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...petition, organized by Harvard Students for Israel, states that the signers “stand with Israel in the name of democracy, freedom and peace.” The petition argues that peace must not come at the expense of Israel??s security, that all nations of the Middle East must participate in creating peace and that terrorism is the common enemy of both Israel and the United States...
...petitioners are supported by student signers from every state, from many countries and from myriad ethnic backgrounds. Not just Jews signed this petition. The signatures of more than 1,000 current Harvard students show that support for Israel and reasoned, clear-headed positions on Israel??s current war have widespread support at this university. The organizers published the names of signers in The Crimson today...
...gain an understanding of a situation that is nuanced enough to step outside those ideological boxes. Suddenly, a bombing at a Tel Aviv bus station is not just a sad event that happened halfway around the world, it is a tragedy that occurred on my last night in Israel??as horrific and real as the news that the World Trade Center had been attacked. Although I didn’t come away with a more informed opinion of who’s right and who’s wrong, I did gain a better perspective on this tragic...
...breakup of the Space Shuttle Columbia came as a complete shock to America as we woke up on Saturday morning. Most of us had no idea that a shuttle had been aloft for the last 16 days. Israel??s attention had been fixed on themission; their first man in space was on board. But for Americans, this was just another routine shuttle flight; its takeoff and landing would get a passing mention on the evening news, nothing more...
...spite of tragedy, America pauses in the journey to mourn the heroes we have lost. And we do not lament alone, for this was an international tragedy. The hauntingly horrid vision of the Columbia’s archangelic descent was seen around the world. Aboard the ship was Israel??s first astronaut, who had become a national hero in his home country before he ever stepped foot on the Space Shuttle. The pain is also felt deeply here at Harvard, for a certain kinship is shared amongst those—be they students at desks or astronauts...