Harvard students hold ‘die-in’ to demand end of ‘genocide in Gaza

The Harvard group behind the controversial letter that blamed Israel for Hamas’ bloody terrorist attack held a “die-in” Wednesday to protest “genocide in Gaza.”

Members of Harvard’s “Palestine Solidarity Committee” and “Graduates 4 Palestine” organizations held the protest, where hundreds of students laid down in a courtyard outside several dorm buildings in the “Old Yard” section of campus.

The pro-Palestinian protesters laid out on the grass, some using jackets as pillows and others holding up signs that read “Hold Harvard Accountable for Supporting Genocide,” “No Justice No Peace,” and “Ceasefire Now.”

The group announced the protest on Tuesday after claiming Israel was responsible for a hospital explosion in Gaza City that left hundreds dead.

“Israel just bombed al-Ahli hospital and medical center in Gaza where hundreds of Gazans were receiving medical treatment and seeking shelter,” the announcement on Instagram said.

Despite those claims, the Israel Defense Forces released an audio recording a day later of what it said were two Hamas terrorists admitting responsibility after a rocket misfired.

President Biden, appearing Thursday alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said “data I was shown by my Defense Department” also indicated Israel was not involved in the hospital carnage.

“I’m not suggesting that Hamas deliberately did it,” Biden said Wednesday. “It’s that old thing: Gotta learn how to shoot straight. It’s not the first time that Hamas has launched something that didn’t function very well.”

The PSC “die-in” protest comes nearly two weeks after it co-sponsored a letter titled “Joint Statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine,” and received backing from 31 other organizations.

The letter blamed Israel for the Hamas terrorist attack that left over 1,300 people killed, saying the “attack didn’t happen in a vacuum”

“We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence,” the groups added. “The apartheid regime is the only one to blame.”

Several CEOs and hedgefund executives have since pledged to not hire anyone who was a part of any organization that signed the letter.

Several members of the group and its leaders quickly withdrew their support for the letter.

NYC law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has rescinded job offers to three Harvard and Columbia University students who signed the controversial letter.

The PSC claimed former President Barack Obama and Harvard President Claudine Gay were invited to speak at the protest, but neither attended.

Both Obama and Gay had previously condemned Hamas’ attack on Israel, with the latter saying none of the 31 organizations that initially signed the letter spoke for the university.

Obama was scheduled to attend the launch of a new lab at Harvard Law on Tuesday but canceled after experiencing “COVID-like symptoms,” according to NBC Boston.

“Free, Free Palestine,” demonstrators, some waving Palestinian flags, shouted in protest of Obama’s visit.

The PSC has been extremely vocal since Hamas’ attack, organizing daily protests around the campus and even protesting Obama’s appearance at the new lab launch, even though he wasn’t there.

The group has also organized a “general strike” for Tuesday calling for people to walk out of class at 1 p.m.