Harvard students stage march, 'die-in' blaming Israel for hospital blast, 'genocide' in Gaza

Pro-Palestinian student groups on Wednesday staged a march and “die-in” at Harvard Business School to protest the “genocide” of Palestinians in Gaza.

The Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee and Harvard Graduate Students for Palestine organized a march from Harvard's main campus in Cambridge to its business school in Boston. The protest came more than a week after Hamas killed hundreds of

Israeli civilians in an Oct. 7 attack. In response, Israel has declared war on the terrorist group and has bombarded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes. Hamas has also fired its own rockets into Israel.

On Wednesday, chants of "Hey! Hey! You can’t hide, we charge you with genocide" and "F--- Harvard Business School" could be heard from the marchers. 

Harvard University has been the center of controversy ever since the Hamas attack on Israel, with pro-Palestinian student groups releasing a joint statement claiming Israel was "entirely responsible" for Hamas’ attack.

"Today's events did not occur in a vacuum," the statement said. "For the last two decades, millions of Palestinians in Gaza have been forced to live in an open-air prison."

The letter prompted Harvard alumnus and billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, to demand Harvard release the names of the student member of the more than 30 student groups that signed the statement, so that he and other CEOs do not "inadvertently hire any" of them after graduation.  

Read more here about the "die-in" by Harvard Students.