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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...
About 140 supporters of SAS, dressed entirely in black, silently lined up on the Widener Library steps, holding up signs with the names of "all persons killed in the recent violence...
...SAS students said their vigil represented an alternative to what they called HSI's partisan message, which they said ignores "the Israeli government's responsibility for having taken the overwhelming majority" of the 135 people killed in the conflicts of the past month...
...message that HSI was trying to get across was very one-sided because they highlighted the deplorable deaths of the two Israeli soldiers but did not recognize the fact that the overwhelming majority of those killed have been Palestinian civilians," said Darryl C. Li '01, an organizer of the SAS vigil. "We felt that it was imperative to present an alternative to their message...
Unfortunately, in past years, SAS has refused to co-sponsor events with HSI. As soon as SAS agrees, HSI will gladly co-sponsor discussion events with SAS. We believe deeply in the value of dialogue and are committed to maintaining a peaceful and open environment for all on Harvard's campus...