To the Editor:
On the morning of Oct. 7, Hamas, the Iranian-backed terrorist group, massacred, tortured, raped and burned Israeli victims, mostly civilians, including women, children and infants. The death toll is now more than 1,300.
We as students are sickened by the actions of Hamas. We are unable to look away from the massacre of our friends and family from afar, and our desperate calls go to voice mail as we try to cope with our isolation from our families and now our own campus communities.
Many administrations have yet to call out the atrocities committed by Hamas and provide us with the support we desperately need. These same universities that were quick to condemn events like the Russian invasion of Ukraine and recent Supreme Court decisions now remain silent.
Just as they have failed to condemn the actions of Hamas in Israel, they have yet to condemn the students who are celebrating these atrocities on campus.
Since administrators have failed to speak to us, it’s time we speak to them. Condemn Hamas. Condemn the students supporting Hamas. Support your Jewish and Israeli students. We are grieving, and the only thing that hurts almost as much as the cries of our brothers and sisters is your silence.
Alec Bachman
Samuel Ben-Ur
The writers are students at Williams College and Tufts University, respectively. The letter was also signed by more than 1,200 students from more than 300 universities.
