With growing tension over antisemitic and pro-Hamas sentiment on campus, the president of Harvard University is now condemning a slogan commonly used by demonstrators.
In a letter titled “Combating Antisemitism” addressed to members of the Harvard Community and posted Thursday to the university’s website, President Claudine Gay condemned the chant of “from the river to the sea.” Critics deem that Palestinian slogan to be genocidal.
“Our community must understand that phrases such as ‘from the river to the sea’ bear specific historical meanings that to a great many people imply the eradication of Jews from Israel and engender both pain and existential fears within our Jewish community. I condemn this phrase and any similarly hurtful phrases,” Gay wrote.
Also in her letter, the Harvard president reiterated what she and other university leaders have previously said, “Antisemitism has no place at Harvard.”
“While confronting any form of hatred is daunting, the challenges we face tackling antisemitism are made all the more so by its pernicious nature and deep historical roots. But we are committed to doing the hard work to address this scourge,” Gay noted.
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