The anti-Israel protest encampment at Harvard University is coming to an end after the school reportedly agreed to some of the protestors’ requests.
The encampment began on April 25 and news of the encampments end came from Harvard community, in the form of a letter from University President Alan Garber, in which he laid out several measures that will be taken as a result of the deal with the protestors.
With the “disruption to the educational environment” the encampment caused over, Garber said he will ask that schools begin “reinstatement proceedings” for those who were given “involuntary leaves of absence” and that disciplinary boards “evaluate expeditiously … the cases of those who participated in the encampment.”
“I acknowledge the profound grief that many in our community feel over the tragic effects of the ongoing war,” Garber went on to say. “There will continue to be deep disagreements and strongly felt emotions as. We experience pain and distress over events in the wide world.” He went on to urge that the school model ways to “build understanding, empathy and trust … .”
