Harvard alum says there are 'undisguised calls for the murder of Jews' on campus, calls for DOE to expand investigation

A Harvard alum has urged the U.S. Department of Education to broaden its investigation into the prestigious university's relaxed attitude toward pro-Palestinian protesters' "undisguised calls for the murder of Jews." The development comes after the president of the university is set to appear before Congress on Tuesday to give account of the apparent rise of anti-Semitism on campus.

The accusations made against the university are based on concerns that the institution has not done enough to curb the surge in anti-Semitic rhetoric following Hamas' terrorist attack against the Jewish state in early October. Fox News Digital reported this comes after anti-Israel protesters called for violence against Jews a single day after the Department of Education announced its investigation.

Harvard University President Claudine Gay recently came under fire by billionaire businessman Bill Ackman for choosing not to attend a screening of the atrocities committed against the Jewish state on October 7. Ackman said Gay has refused to show leadership on the topic, and he characterized her refusal to attend the screening as an "insult" to those who have been affected by the attack.

Gay is set to appear before Congress on Tuesday to answer for why there has been a sudden rise of anti-Semitism on campus and why more has not been done to stifle the spread of anti-Semitic rhetoric.

While the alum in question thanked the Office for Civil Rights' Boston chief attorney Kristi R. Harris for launching an investigation into the university, the alum suggested that the probe needed to be expanded.

In a letter obtained by Fox News Digital, the alum wrote: "Harvard Hillel has reported that on November 29 — a day after OCR notified me (and, presumably, Harvard) that it had opened a Title VI investigation — Harvard College students ‘had classes disrupted by a coordinated protest using bullhorns to blast abhorrent antisemitic calls to "globalize the intifada," and demands for the elimination of the Jewish state "from the river to the sea."'"

The alum went on to say that "both [statements] are undisguised calls for the murder of Jews and Israelis."

"During the Second Intifada, for example, Palestinian terrorists murdered over 1,000 Jews and Israelis, including through suicide-bomb attacks on buses and restaurants," the alum said.

"And, as the House of Representatives recently acknowledged in a bipartisan resolution, ‘the phrase "from the river to the sea" … is widely recognized as a genocidal call to violence to destroy the state of Israel and its people to replace it with a Palestinian state extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.'"

"To date, there has been no indication that Harvard has taken any action in response to these threats against Jews and Israelis," the letter goes on. "And it is inconceivable that Harvard would take such a laissez-faire attitude if similar threats were leveled against any other minority group on campus."

Though Gay has claimed she is aware of the behavior and noted that something needed to be done about it, the alum said "her words so far have not been met with action. It is now time for the Department of Education to intervene."

It is still unclear whether any of the protesters involved in the anti-Semitic calls for violence have been disciplined in any way or if there is a plan to do so by the university.

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