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Israel-Gaza conflict
In the months since the Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas, Harvard scholars have examined the Israel-Gaza war with a shared belief in the importance of listening, learning, and respectful debate. Below, reporting that captures a range of perspectives on the crisis.
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Speaking to the moment
Tarek Masoud, organizer of Middle East Dialogues, wanted to show that Harvard could confront the tensions around Israel-Gaza without vitriol or shouting. So far, it’s worked.
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“It isn’t easy to have one’s beliefs challenged, but constructive dialogue creates the conditions in which genuine learning can occur.”
Harvard interim President Alan M. Garber
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Co-chairs of task forces share updates on community engagement
Leaders of efforts to combat antisemitism and anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias describe what they’ve heard so far from members of the Harvard community
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Nation & WorldCease-fire will fail as long as Hamas exists, journalist says
Times opinion writer Bret Stephens also weighs in on campus unrest in final Middle East Dialogues event
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Nation & WorldGaza cease-fire alone won’t repair larger enduring rift, political scientist says
Einat Wilf, who is also former Knesset member, says shift needed in Palestinian ideology on legitimacy of Israel
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Campus & CommunityCo-chairs of task forces share updates on community engagement
Leaders of efforts to combat antisemitism and anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias describe what they’ve heard so far from members of the Harvard community
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Nation & WorldFinding middle way out of Gaza war
Educators, activists explore peacebuilding based on shared desires for ‘freedom and equality and independence’ at Weatherhead panel
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Nation & WorldRoadmap to Gaza peace may run through Oslo
Former Palestinian Authority prime minister says strengthening execution of 1993 accords could lead to two-state solution
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Nation & World
Speaking to the moment
Tarek Masoud, organizer of Middle East Dialogues, wanted to show that Harvard could confront the tensions around Israel-Gaza without vitriol or shouting. So far, it’s worked.
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Palestinian scholar pressed on views of Hamas, Oct. 7 attack
Conversation with Kennedy School’s Masoud reflects wider tensions
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Ex-Sanders aide calls for U.S. to take harder line with Israel
Sustained assault ‘indefensible,’ Duss says. Kennedy School’s Masoud disputes arguments on governance of Gaza, history of conflict.
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Presidential task forces announce listening sessions
Task forces to combat antisemitism and anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias will hear from Harvard College students, with more engagement planned across the University
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‘Curiosity as a tool of change’
College junior creates text hotline to provide nonpartisan information, resources on Israel-Hamas conflict
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University names task force members in efforts to combat antisemitism, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias
‘We must do much more to bridge the fissures that have weakened our sense of community’
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‘What we really need is just to sit together and face each other’
Israeli, Palestinian philosophers exchange tales of personal loss, find points of contention, agreement over war
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Jared Kushner speaks from Middle East experience in Kennedy School forum
Ex-Trump adviser criticizes Biden’s pre-Oct. 7 engagement in the region, defends Israel’s actions in Gaza
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Looking at causes, measuring effects of Israel-Hamas war
Experts examine shifts in geopolitics, global economy resulting from conflict
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Examining issues around possible solutions to Israel-Hamas War
Experts across disciplines offer various perspectives in Weatherhead series
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Finding right mix on campus speech policies
Legal, political scholars discuss balancing personal safety, constitutional rights, academic freedom amid roiling protests, cultural shifts
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‘It is an act of courage to stand with others.’
Reminders of common humanity, rooted in grief and hope, mark vigil led by Harvard chaplains
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Hope for progress survives terror and war
Can the Israelis and Palestinians find peace? Scholars discuss — and debate — long history of conflict, prospects for a durable accord
