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Hebah M. Ismail ’06, the secretary of the Palestinian Students Coalition, said she thinks the petition unfairly associates people who are criticize Israel with those who espouse terrorism.
Gershowitz, however, said the petition isn’t intended to condemn Arabs, but instead to build support for Israel.
She said that the goal of the petition is “not to make policy prescriptions, not to condemn either side for their actions, but to formulate a foundation for pro-Israel movements.”
She said she hopes that the petition will be seen as an alternative and possibly as a more accurate representation of the students’ sentiments toward Israel.
“A lot of people don’t feel the need to express fundamental values,” she said, which she added is one reason that she believes Harvard has been misrepresented in the press. Gershowitz said she “wouldn’t be...