The newly appointed leader of Harvard University's Presidential Task Force on Anti-Semitism previously signed a letter calling Israel an “apartheid regime,” the Washington Free Beacon first reported.
Harvard University interim president Alan Garber on Friday announced the President's Task Force on Anti-Semitism and named Jewish history professor Derek Pensler to lead it. according to To the Harvard Crimson.Formerly Pensler signed Open letter In response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reforms, the newspaper said Israel was becoming “more right-wing” and an “apartheid regime.” (Related: Claudine Gay had a history of joining Harvard's diversity bureaucracy before becoming president)
“Whether in one state, two states, or any other political framework, there is always a risk of dictatorship unless there are equal rights for all. There can be no democracy for Jews in Israel as long as they live under the guise of Israel. apartheid“As explained by Israeli legal experts,” the public document states. letter To read.
WASHINGTON DC – DECEMBER 5: (LR) Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz McGill, President of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Pamela Nadel, Professor of History and Jewish Studies at American University, and Dr. Sally Kornbluth. , president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“As Israel moves further to the right and falls under the spell of the current government's messianic, homophobic, and misogynistic policies, young American Jews are becoming increasingly alienated from Israel. “Jewish billionaire financiers help support the far right in Israel,” the letter continues.
Pensler also defended former Harvard University president Claudine Gay. He resigned on January 2 following a plagiarism scandal and accusations that he did not adequately address anti-Semitism on campus. He spearheaded a letter to faculty asking universities not to remove gays from their positions as presidents. according to To Crimson.
Harvard University previously established a task force on anti-Semitism in November 2023 following a rise in anti-Israel activity at the school following the Oct. 7 Hamast terrorist attack. Rabbi David Wolpe, a member of the special committee, left the group in December, claiming he was infected with Marxist ideology.
Harvard University and Pensler University did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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