Antisemitic messages were written in chalk on White Plaza Wednesday, near a pro-Palestine sit-in. The chalk messages were falsely assumed to be written by pro-Palestinian students at the sit-in and were circulated widely on social media. The chalking follows a reported rise of hate crimes targeting Muslim, Arab and Jewish students on campus. Arrows around the … [Read more…]
Over 1,800 Stanford affiliates signed an open letter expressing disappointment in President Richard Saller and Provost Jenny Martinez’s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel over their failure to condemn Hamas’ actions. The surprise attack left more than 1,400 Israelis dead, with Hamas taking more than 220 people hostage, according to reporting from … [Read more…]
Stanford President Richard Saller and Provost Jenny Martinez condemned the Hamas attack on Israel in a joint statement sent to the Stanford community Wednesday evening. “As a moral matter, we condemn all terrorism and mass atrocities,” they wrote. “This includes the deliberate attack on civilians this weekend by Hamas.” Palestinian militant group Hamas led a … [Read more…]