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Israeli billionaire and his wife QUIT board of Harvard's famed Kennedy School of business after slamming college's woke president Claudine Gay's 'shocking and insensitive' response to Hamas massacre
UK Daily Mail ^ | October 13 2023 | STEPHEN M. LEPORE

Posted on 10/13/2023 12:11:08 AM PDT by knighthawk

An Israeli billionaire says he and his wife are quitting the board of Harvard University's famous Kennedy School of Business over the school's president's response to the surprise Hamas attacks in Israel.

Idan Ofer is the founder of Eastern Pacific Shipping reportedly worth over $14billion, according to Forbes. His wife Batia is an art collector and the descendant of Holocaust survivors.

Batia Ofer told the Hebrew-language outlet TheMarker that she and her husband are both quitting the school's executive board over President Claudine Gay's response to 31 Harvard organizations signing a letter placed the blame on Israel for Hamas' brutal attacks that have killed over 1,500.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: claudinegay; hamas; harvard; idanofer; kennedyschool
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1 posted on 10/13/2023 12:11:08 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Good.


2 posted on 10/13/2023 12:16:39 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: knighthawk
They are 100% correct.

It seems Harvard's Admission Office is doing a piss poor job.

These students are ethically and morally deficient. Under no circumstances can one condone and promote Hamas’ savage brutality.

3 posted on 10/13/2023 12:22:17 AM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: knighthawk

Uh, no. It is the Kennedy School of Government, which is separate from the Harvard Business School.


4 posted on 10/13/2023 12:24:43 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: knighthawk

Good.

Now pull all of your funding commitments and convince your like-minded associates to follow suit.


5 posted on 10/13/2023 12:28:47 AM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
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To: Oscar in Batangas
Now pull all of your funding commitments and convince your like-minded associates to follow suit.

That's, sadly, the key. Money talks where ethics and morals don't exist.

But when you sell your soul to the devil, you don't do things because they are right, but because they are (usually) financially expedient.

6 posted on 10/13/2023 1:07:28 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: knighthawk
Claudine Gay


7 posted on 10/13/2023 1:37:08 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: knighthawk

Harvard is a strong supporter of the murdering barbarians of Hamas.

It is time to CLOSE HARVARD PERMANENTLY.

The gigantic endowments of Harvard, exceeding 50 billion dollars, should be immediately SEIZED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT as funds used by AN ORGANIZATION OPERATING IN SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND MURDER.


8 posted on 10/13/2023 1:39:40 AM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: knighthawk

Battle lines are being drawn....

Choose your side and choose carefully


9 posted on 10/13/2023 1:45:48 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can’t be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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To: Jaysin

Your Rat neighbor will continue to vote Rat


10 posted on 10/13/2023 1:53:32 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: knighthawk

IIRC, it’s the Kennedy School of Government, not business.


11 posted on 10/13/2023 1:55:40 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: knighthawk

This is good, but they should’ve known their leftist “friends” were rank with anti-Semitism.

Amazes me how extremely wealthy people can be so blind sometimes.


12 posted on 10/13/2023 2:19:36 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: SauronOfMordor

You’ve got to be kidding me.... That THING is the president of Harvard? Really????


13 posted on 10/13/2023 2:22:04 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Chgogal

When it hits home they do something about it, when it has to do with the rot, woke ideology, BLM, racial justice, DEI, commie Marxist socialist fascist activism anything that destroys American foundations they do nothing but flood these institutions with money


14 posted on 10/13/2023 2:45:13 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: 9YearLurker

I missed your comment before I made my similar one down below yours. I blame a lack of coffee on my part.;-)


15 posted on 10/13/2023 3:05:27 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: knighthawk

Good!


16 posted on 10/13/2023 3:10:11 AM PDT by Rusty0604 (Despthaerately looking for new conspiracy theories as all the old ones have come true)
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To: RoosterRedux

Any post at 4:55 am (my time) without coffee is commendable.


17 posted on 10/13/2023 3:26:40 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: knighthawk

Seriously?

If they were on the board, could they not get her removed?


18 posted on 10/13/2023 3:28:32 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Sorry, misgendered them. Could they not get IT removed?


19 posted on 10/13/2023 3:29:45 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: knighthawk

It’s hard to believe that these people are just waking up to what’s been going on at Harvard for decades.


20 posted on 10/13/2023 3:32:51 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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