{"id":37116,"date":"2024-10-11T00:19:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/anti-israel-agitators-deface-harvard-statute-day-after-oct-7-anniversary-bring-the-war-home\/11\/10\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T00:19:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T04:19:36","slug":"anti-israel-agitators-deface-harvard-statute-day-after-oct-7-anniversary-bring-the-war-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/anti-israel-agitators-deface-harvard-statute-day-after-oct-7-anniversary-bring-the-war-home\/11\/10\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Israel agitators deface Harvard statute day after Oct. 7 anniversary: \u2018Bring the war home\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Just hours after the passing of the one<i>\u00ad<\/i>-year anniversary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/one-year-anniversary-oct-7-attacks-arrives-lasting-trauma-israelis-american-jews-expert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oct. 7 massacre;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Oct. 7 massacre<\/a> in Israel, vandals smashed windows on the campus of Harvard and poured red paint on the school&#8217;s namesake statue in &#8220;an act of solidarity with the Palestinian resistance,&#8221; according to an online message.<\/p>\n<p>The online group &#8220;Unity of Fields,&#8221; which publishes defacement videos from across the country, posted a video of Tuesday&#8217;s vandalism. The video included the caption: &#8220;Bring the war home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the early hours of 10\/8, autonomous actors at Harvard smashed windows of the main administrative building and vandalized the John Harvard statue in an act of solidarity with the Palestinian resistance,&#8221; read a message accompanying the video. &#8220;We are committed to bringing the war home and answering the call to open up a new front here in the belly of the beast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Harvard University Police Department told Fox News Digital that the incident is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cbs-news-staff-uproar-after-host-challenges-guests-anti-israel-views-network-leadership-responds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cbs News Staff In Uproar After Host Challenges Guest's Anti-israel Views, Network Leadership Responds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Cbs News Staff In Uproar After Host Challenges Guest&#8217;s Anti-israel Views, Network Leadership Responds<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 540px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/LGTRE1WTpx_5OHFh2KeqPg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xMzUw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/aa78cdae38f0f294c64fa80a117fc571\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"John Harvard statue vandalized\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/O.a_gpORyPJ2DEHRiHMvug--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/aa78cdae38f0f294c64fa80a117fc571\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">The John Harvard statue was vandalized with red paint on Oct. 8, 2024, in an act of &#8216;Palestinian resistance.&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It is the longstanding policy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Harvard University Police Department;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Harvard University Police Department<\/a> to not comment on open investigations,&#8221; a department spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS\/mvaj7wvj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Read On The Fox News App;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong><u>Read On The Fox News App<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unity of Fields also published photos showing the campus of UMass Amherst defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti.<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous submission posted by the group accused UMass Amherst of being &#8220;complicit in genocide through its partnerships with Raytheon and other war profiteers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 540px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/6..9qtmLSYYapzUul29rGQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xMzUw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/f8a28f7d5b6f3d29f57e156c094262c9\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"raytheon out graffiti\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/4d2Tz9xI26AQSP6dtAawhw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/f8a28f7d5b6f3d29f57e156c094262c9\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"raytheon out graffiti\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/4d2Tz9xI26AQSP6dtAawhw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/f8a28f7d5b6f3d29f57e156c094262c9\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Graffiti on the campus of UMass Amherst targeting Raytheon.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;At their engineering career fair, both Raytheon and General Dynamics were present. Both are weapons manufacturers that are heavily complicit in genocide. UMass Foundation is also invested into several war profiteering companies, which means our tuition money goes directly to genocide,&#8221; the message read.<\/p>\n<p>The anonymous message warned readers to expect more &#8220;autonomous actions at UMass Amherst.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will not rest until war profiteers are gone, and Palestine is fully liberated,&#8221; the message concluded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 540px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/dcXvfiLbW33zJRIuV1JcmA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xMzUw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/5c278c9ca0fdf8cccc2052a319b885c2\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"umass amherst defaced\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/.m3.pIDjZX8JNNi_cY7FDg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/5c278c9ca0fdf8cccc2052a319b885c2\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"umass amherst defaced\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/.m3.pIDjZX8JNNi_cY7FDg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_news_text_979\/5c278c9ca0fdf8cccc2052a319b885c2\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">The campus of UMass Amherst defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A spokesperson for UMass Amherst told Fox News Digital that the university &#8220;is aware of incidents that are being investigated by UMass Police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Beyond that, we do not comment on investigations,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear what affiliation, if any, the perpetrators had with either Harvard or UMass Amhest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/moving-healing-jewish-people-display-resilience-experience-renewal-says-rabbi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Moving Toward Healing, Jewish People Display \u2018Resilience\u2019 And Will Experience \u2018Renewal,\u2019 Says Rabbi;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Moving Toward Healing, Jewish People Display \u2018Resilience\u2019 And Will Experience \u2018Renewal,\u2019 Says Rabbi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both incidents raise the specter of renewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/october-7th-anniversary-approaches-jewish-students-brace-protests-vow-walk-proudly\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:anti-Israel protests;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">anti-Israel protests<\/a> that swept college campuses during the spring semester. The National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) is orchestrating a nationwide &#8220;Week of Rage&#8221; on campuses beginning on the Oct. 7 anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Monday marked one year since Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel, killing nearly 1,200 people and taking hundreds more hostage. Israel responded by waging a war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, where the fighting has claimed the lives of an estimated 41,000 Palestinians and displaced nearly 2 million people.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict has spread in the region, with Israel waging a battle against Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, facing escalating threats from Yemen&#8217;s Houthi rebels, and escalating tensions with Iran.<\/p>\n<p><em>Original article source:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/anti-israel-agitator-defaces-harvard-statute-day-after-oct-7-anniversary-bringing-war-home\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Anti-Israel agitators deface Harvard statute day after Oct. 7 anniversary: \u2018Bring the war home\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Anti-Israel agitators deface Harvard statute day after Oct. 7 anniversary: \u2018Bring the war home\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/anti-israel-agitators-deface-harvard-011028705.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just hours after the passing of the one&shy;-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel, vandals smashed windows on the campus<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/anti-israel-agitators-deface-harvard-statute-day-after-oct-7-anniversary-bring-the-war-home\/11\/10\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}