Protesting Jewish student gives tour of Harvard camp

Jewish Harvard University student and organising member of the Harvard Out of occupied Palestine Coalition, Violet Barron gave a tour of the students' encampment on campus with our correspondent Azad Essa
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[@abracadabra4800]

Standing up for humanity and against genocide is Not anti-Semitic.

[@csharpe5787]

Especially, when countless Jewish people are standing up to protest against this brutality! This is not antisemitic this is antiZionist.

[@DemosBrutus]

Don't worry: Zionism was created in Germany. Zionist settlers came from Europe. Zionists are not Semites. The Arabs are the true Semites

[@Cuban20]

Zionism itself is antisemitic

[@Stop-and-listen]

It is time to reclaim Judaism from Zionism.

[@AerialDP]

The Israeli lobby in the US is powerful and undemocratic

[@ErAejazThokar]

Respect your support for Palestinian innocents

[@jeanb8643]

These kids are amazing. They have found their voices. There is hope for the future.🙂👍

[@cstai7675]

We adults mostly are too busy with bank loans that we forget about our conscience.

[@user-cp7gh8zj6b]

Imagine having to protest against a genocide. What a depraved world we are living in.

[@Sylvia-ps8tg]

🎯👍🏻

[@desireedebellis6766]

spot on...only sociopaths are angry that a handful of humans still have empathy and compassion for others ... how dare we call out evil empire posing as the good guys

[@AhlSunnah111]

🎯

[@ronmartin1375]

From the river to the see trans muslums will be free.

[@lavenderlock7568]

This 💯 It's a sad time we're living in.

[@syedjamilabdal3834]

Bravo my dear child for your team and yourself for the humanity… Free Palestine 🇪🇭🇪🇭🇪🇭

[@user-cu2es6ok6j]

If she is really your child it means you are blessed. May God bless her for fighting for the truth

[@zerotalent2470]

@@user-cu2es6ok6j i'd wager the 'my child' part of his comment is meant to be a sentimental idiom a person would say to their junior they are in general agreement with over a particular theme in an affectionate fashion, my friend. tip: you are not really my friend, since i don't actually know you - in case my comment left you confused.

[@AliTheHighest]

This isn’t the Palestinian flag. It’s the flag of weteren Sahara. 🇪🇭 Palestinian flag is 🇵🇸

[@xplicitgoofy1015]

@@AliTheHighestPalestinian supporters don’t even know the flag they are protesting for 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gamergal8220]

@@xplicitgoofy1015these types support whatever the current trend is…

[@shantishanti1949]

Violet I am so proud of you. There is hope for the USA and humanity because of young people like you. May you be heard and have your voices heard. ❤️❤️❤️

[@spiritualexcellence]

They are bringing hope for the future of this country and western civilization.

[@hassanh9372]

Brilliant display by this lady

[@KirbyZhang]

she's so young and her language is so innocent, but her ideas are deep and well-founded. amazing harvard student.

[@user-gw1dr7rt9b]

Very intelligent and eloquent young woman.

[@celticali1]

Thank you all💪❤️

[@renee9937]

Thank you. Leve Palestina 🇵🇸

[@Oscaruk1080]

Big respect for you guys....❤ Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@liticiataraji9057]

I was moved and cried this young Jewish young adults understand the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza ,the on going genocide happening horrific

[@tylerturducken519]

What is genocide?

[@roybean7166]

This is not genocide. This is a war caused by hamas

[@InsightsAbroad]

Love our students!!! Keep it up. Don't allow the pro-genocide activists to get you off message💪

[@tylerturducken519]

What is genocide?

[@InsightsAbroad]

@@tylerturducken519 God help you, if you don't know

[@tylerturducken519]

Do you? How about a definition?

[@InsightsAbroad]

@@tylerturducken519 we're done here guy. I hope you gain a moral compass someday

[@tylerturducken519]

We’re “done” because you can’t answer the question I asked. Or you are unwilling to.

[@claudemagnan4043]

Thank you to all the students standing for humanity.❤️ FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸❤️🍉

[@nowellsukkar1521]

Love and Respect to ALL the young people standing for Justice, YOU have Restored our faith in Humanity 💛💛💛

[@mohamedismail2485]

Would CNN or FOX dare to interview those brave students???

[@richardparker7121]

Thank u for the tour, I wish you students the best . Yall are heroes for the millions of us Americans who can’t get to the protests because of intense work/life pressures or geographical reasons. We are sending you our love 🙏

[@ninadarwich71]

Proud of our young generation standing up for truth and to end war on innocent in Gaza

[@tylerturducken519]

What is genocide?

[@maepl3]

@@tylerturducken519 You should start by reading the 10 stages of genocide, you'll notice that Palestine checks every box.

[@phillipanon7139]

Very noble souls, these young brave students. May the future be theirs. The world will be in better hands.

[@richardthomas4471]

Good young woman! Keep up your great work.

[@akhterbaksh6608]

Thanks for supporting truth

[@hnad108]

So proud this this youngsters and those that supporting the movement This is humanity If one is in the whole community feels the pain Just as the mother feels the pain of a child So proud of them Free Palestine Stop the genocide

[@Jemso999999999]

this been happening for almost a century, not 200 days

[@Prince-tz6vg]

Im sure, she knows that as being a student from Harvard .. she basically talking about what has been revealed to the people and killed live on TV in front of the world has been 200 days dummy

[@DemosBrutus]

There are mistakes that can kill children in the most ruthless way imaginable.

[@loreena.plstne]

❤❤❤ Thank you so much

[@doromohammadaiman3447]

Thank you ❤ STUDENTS OF AMERICA ...STOP GENOCIDE IN GAZA 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@tylerturducken519]

What is genocide?

[@doromohammadaiman3447]

​@@tylerturducken519 The Genocide Convention was conceived largely in response to World War II, which saw atrocities such as the Holocaust that lacked an adequate description or legal definition. Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin, who had coined the term genocide in 1944 to describe Nazi policies in occupied Europe and the Armenian genocide, campaigned for its recognition as a crime under international law.[2] This culminated in 1946 in a landmark resolution by the General Assembly that recognized genocide as an international crime and called for the creation of a binding treaty to prevent and punish its perpetration.[3] Subsequent discussions and negotiations among UN member states resulted in the CPPCG. The Convention defines genocide as any of five "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group." These five acts include killing members of the group, causing them serious bodily or mental harm, imposing living conditions intended to destroy the group, preventing births, and forcibly transferring children out of the group. Victims are targeted because of their real or perceived membership of a group, not randomly.[4] The convention further criminalizes "complicity, attempt, or incitement of its commission." Member states are prohibited from engaging in genocide and obligated to pursue the enforcement of this prohibition. All perpetrators are to be tried regardless of whether they are private individuals, public officials, or political leaders with sovereign immunity. The CPPCG has influenced law at both the national and international level. Its definition of genocide has been adopted by international and hybrid tribunals, such as the International Criminal Court, and incorporated into the domestic law of several countries.[5] Its provisions are widely considered to be reflective of customary law and therefore binding on all nations whether or not they are parties. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has likewise ruled that the principles underlying the Convention represent a peremptory norm against genocide that no government can derogate.[6] The Genocide Convention authorizes the mandatory jurisdiction of the ICJ to adjudicate disputes, leading to international litigation such as the Rohingya genocide case and dispute over the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[@doromohammadaiman3447]

​@@tylerturducken519 Article 2 of the Convention defines genocide as: ... any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group. - Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Article 2[7] Article 3 defines the crimes that can be punished under the convention: (a) Genocide; (b) Conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) Direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) Attempt to commit genocide; (e) Complicity in genocide. - Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Article 3[7] The convention was passed to outlaw actions similar to the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust.[8] The first draft of the Convention included political killing, but the USSR[9] along with some other nations would not accept that actions against groups identified as holding similar political opinions or social status would constitute genocide,[10] so these stipulations were subsequently removed in a political and diplomatic compromise. Early drafts also included acts of cultural destruction in the concept of genocide, but these were opposed by former European colonial powers and some settler countries.[11] Such acts, which Lemkin saw as part and parcel of the concept of genocide, have since often been discussed as cultural genocide (a term also not enshrined in international law). In June 2021, the International Criminal Court issued new guidelines for how cultural destruction, when occurring alongside other recognized acts of genocide, can potentially be corroborating evidence for the intent of the crime of genocide.[12]

[@doromohammadaiman3447]

​@@tylerturducken519 153 state parties to the Genocide Convention-representing the vast majority of sovereign nations-with the most recent being Mauritius, on 8 July 2019; one state, the Dominican Republic, has signed but not ratified the treaty. Forty-four states have neither signed nor ratified the convention. Despite its delegates playing a key role in drafting the convention, the United States did not become a party until 1988-a full forty years after it was opened for signature[13]-and did so only with reservations precluding punishment of the country if it were ever accused of genocide.[14] These were due to traditional American suspicion of any international authority that could override US law. U.S. ratification of the convention was owed in large part to campaigning by Senator William Proxmire, who addressed the Senate in support of the treaty every day it was in session between 1967 and 1986.[15] Reservations Immunity from prosecutions Several parties conditioned their ratification of the Convention on reservations that grant immunity from prosecution for genocide without the consent of the national government:[16][17] Israel Main article: South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention) In December 2023 South Africa formally accused Israel of violating the Genocide Convention, filing the case South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention), due to Israel's actions during the Israel-Hamas War. In addition to starting the litigation process, South Africa also asked the International Court of Justice to demand that Israel cease their military operations in the Gaza Strip as a provisional measure.[31][32]

[@gershommaes902]

​@@doromohammadaiman3447 That's exactly right. You may notice that "killing members of a group", for example, is not sufficient to establish the article has been violated - it's also necessary to establish that the killing was done with the intent to damage a national/ethnic/racial group. This is where it becomes very difficult to establish israel's intentions. Israel was attacked by hamas. Isn't it possible israel's killings of gazan civilians results from an israeli motivation to be secure against future hamas-instigated massacres? If this is the case, isn't it possible israel has no intention of harming a national/ethnic/racial group; rather their motivation is entirely valid? Do you disagree? Do you *know* israel is not only motivated to be secure from future attacks?

[@yassiguy]

anti-semitism and islamophobia are one and the same and is the opposite of anti-israel and anti-zionism. People are fooled into believing anti-zionism is anti-semitism

[@tylerturducken519]

What is anti-Zionism? Or how about telling me what Zionism is.

[@gershommaes902]

How do you define "zionism"? Jews will define it as "the right for jews to self-determine in their indigenous homeland", and they will therefore feel that an anti-zionist stance is in contradiction of their valid and heartfelt belief. This is a reason that jews feel threatened by anti-zionist sentiment: it is targetted directly at their identity.

[@xplicitgoofy1015]

Wanting the destruction of the only Jewish state in the world is in fact anti-semitism whether you like it or not

[@Dakshahathi]

These kids are amazing they will be remembered for their courage and humanity

[@csharpe5787]

Entire family lines wiped out, what does that remind you of?

[@roybean7166]

Entire families ??? That's what hamas says. Where are these entire names

[@gershommaes902]

It reminds me that hamas has integrated its military operations into civilian infrastructure.

[@HolyInspiredOrthodoxChristian]

Thank you beautiful young lady. Such a pleasure to see the youth stand on the side of humanity. Im ashamed of my generation who are in responsible positions of power that could stop this especially those that claim to be Christian. Without question all the commandments of our prophets fall on this one basic act of service to our Lord. Love God with all your heart and soul and Love thy neighbour as yourself. James 2 for Christians is important as faith without works is dead. Thank you for your bravery. ❤.

[@user-gw1dr7rt9b]

Well said.

[@humairawattoo2186]

A very eloquent and enlightened young lady .... 👋 Hats off 🎩 you are the future of the world 🌎...a Jewish who is talking islam ...... Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰💐❤️

[@averysim7709]

Thank you

[@user-cu2es6ok6j]

I love these kids. They have pushed back against censor culture

[@woodrowbarstad4549]

this is Americas hope for a better future, these people are potential leaders... SEMPER FI

[@frederickkinzler9477]

Please keep up the pressure! All of US need to step up OUR protests and communications.

[@absiddique139]

Until Palestine is free Until People of the world is Free. ✊

[@nowellsukkar1521]

SILENCE is Not an Option...

[@user-ko9ot2xc4k]

Thank u brave lady😢

[@elmalummful]

May Allah bless All the Students of US and other country University’s For standing up for human rights.

[@ice-cream313]

Respect ✊🏾🇵🇸

[@ryanvaze]

The future of humanity seems less dark, with beacons of light appearing among our youth. They are our hope, for a better world, for everyone.

[@awaiskhan2222]

Great job I really appreciate your efforts. Free Free Palestine Humanity lives Israel and their supporters policies are well exposed to the world 🌍

[@rulabarghouthy3041]

Proud of you 👏

[@ihtesham_emon]

2.3 Million Palestinian are trapped in the small area for years and now they are being bombarded, much like concentration camps of WWII, only the Nazis showed this levels of cruelty in history and now Israel is repeating the same mistake.

[@cheryllines4106]

WORSE THAN N@ZI. DEMONIC SADISTIC MONSTERS💔

[@RK-nf4sd]

so why doesn't Egypt let them go out? it drives me crazy that Egypt has their military at their border with gaza, trapping the gazans inside

[@xplicitgoofy1015]

You clearly do not know how concentration camps during WWII were yet wanted to make a random comparison 🤣🤣

[@gershommaes902]

Poor understanding of history. Hamas massacred 1000+ israelis on oct 7th. Did jews massacre 1000+ nazis in germany in the 1930s? Nazis had no valid motivation for their actions against jews. Israelis are responding to oct 7th. Don't israelis have valid motivation, whereas nazis didn't? How can you possibly compare the two? By comparing the two, haven't you illustrated you are an ideologue, or completely misinformed, or both?

[@maepl3]

@@RK-nf4sd Egypt isn't trapping them, it's a whole other country, the violence and imprisonment is being committed by Israel.

[@OPQRS328]

Thank you so much for everything you are doing. Free Palestine. ❤

[@humbug175]

May I send a big cyber hug to this young lady. Much respect.

[@ihtesham_emon]

Think of a scenario: someone came into your house as a guest and you let them stay. But within a few days he said that he's also the owner of the house, and after a few more days he kicked you out of YOUR OWN HOUSE. The same thing happened with the people of Palestine, they were the house owner and now Israel forcefully trying to kick them out of their own lands.

[@tylerturducken519]

Yeah that’s not what happened.

[@roybean7166]

Owner of lands were ottomans, before them the Arab colonists who came in and took jewish lands.

[@ihtesham_emon]

It's heartbreaking to see that an entire population and their hometowns in Gaza are being wiped out infront of our own eyes! 💔

[@user-ud5ut6gt5h]

What a zealous young lady. Keep up the good work!

[@tachikoma7757]

It is these people that makes me feel the world still have hope.

[@sydneytoday2265]

Thank you & keep up the good work! Young people, lots rests on your shoulders! Free us all!

[@TheBoussadra]

Proud of generation Z ❤❤

[@ShaikJaleel-ds4rd]

God bless you students through out the whole world. Free free Palestine.

[@taniakol]

Excellent. Thank you. Please inform the thugs over at adl as well and the police forces they are training on pals in Israel. Amnesty intl report and other sources with details, because they are calling non-j supporters of Palestinians anti-s and worse. More weight if from Jewish community

[@DameObserver108]

TY for your clarity and courage and standing on the right side of history!!

[@suzanaismail2711]

❤ way to go guys, free palestine.

[@ihtesham_emon]

This. Students. Are. On. The. Right. Side. Of. History. 💙

[@Esiddik]

Gaza, and Palestine see you! I promise! They see you ❤ thank you, we are proud of the students. We stand by you!

[@hamedsadighey8398]

Salam alaikum my dear child. God bless you all

[@thousandoaks.2080]

God bless you, future hopes, and leaders.

[@pjcabrel7546]

AWESOMENESS!!!❤

[@cyberhobbit2500]

Thank you for fighting for humanity. Keep going! Free Palestine! 💚❤️🖤🤍🤟

[@Neon790]

You are on the right side of history and you are brave and courageous. The world needs future leaders that stand up for peace with justice and you are one of them. ✊🏼🇵🇸🇿🇦

[@Marymare-katniss]

Thank you for your humanity stay strong free Palestine save the children 😔🇵🇸☮️☮️☮️🤲👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ummzah3500]

Absolutely on point. 10/10.

[@yuvii4981]

Thank you sister for raising your voice

[@sparks7949]

I am in tears. These students are incredible ❤

[@SusanCraig-gr8qp]

Thank you for the courage to lead our nation!!

[@sparks7949]

Solidarity from the UK and the Netherlands ❤

[@marshmellow.2886]

It is heart warming that young Jewish people who live outside Israel can open up their mind like this. Jewish in Israel tend to be so full of themselves and have no desire to look at things from different point of view. Maybe all Jewish people should get out of their bubble in Israel and let their people mingle more with people who are different than them to be able to feel more sympathy towards others.

[@user-hn8dw1bh9r]

Salute for being a very good citizen brave honest sincere and truthful, keep it up. You will never regret for being very good in this world. May god bless you 💪🏼👍👌

[@mpalmer7800]

Extremely proud of all these young articulate young people who have the moral courage to stand against tyranny and oppression of a people!!! Who’s been nameless and faceless for a century aided by our government and our tax dollars!!! Young people change the world!!!!

[@mmm-mq3zr]

❤❤❤

[@michaelp220]

Thank your for speaking up for those without a voice and standing up for the helpless ❤

[@zehranasimhaque8348]

"One people's safety cannot rest on the subjugation of another people." How well this young girl has articulated these students' stance! 👏👏

[@tomjones9082]

MSNBC said you guys had pitch forks.....😃🤣😄

[@csharpe5787]

Most American media channels are promoting complicity! The reports are really quite shocking! Don’t even try and comment in favour of the Palestinians, your comment will get deleted.

[@terryconley5580]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Free Haiti 🇭🇹 Free Sudan 🇸🇩 Free Congo 🇨🇩 ‼️ FreeEmAll ‼️

[@kirstymiller9332]

Utube, where are my icons😪 Free Palestine ✌️

[@erickane7093]

Right on!

[@ansgarm.cordie9659]

So proud of the young people on several campuses. ❤

[@hans6304]

Brave and honorable young lady, another hope for humanity. Wishing you the very best 🙏

[@FreePALESTINE37383]

#freePalestine 🍉🍉🍉🔻🔻🔻

[@abdulwahabminni6417]

Thanks a million to you all.

[@survivalsilk2101]

thanks for sharing this!! power to the people

[@MeetJohnnyNg]

These kids are so naive and have no clues. Most of them have never been to Israel.

[@mohamadtello6233]

Thank you for keeping up with all that!

[@margaretelmajed2335]

Bless all the students❤❤❤

[@mylighthouse888]

I am so proud of our Youth for leading the way to world peace. You are humanity’s Beacon of Light. Stay strong and stay Safe! May the Universe stand with you. ♥️♥️🕊️🙏

[@finnjacobsen684]

It is so good to experience young people with a working morale and a sense of justice, and having the bravery to confront all the supporters of genocide.

[@Violett8]

May God bless everyone who stands up against injustice ❤ Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@ahmedomarabdallah2052]

❤

[@ClashofTitans001]

Awesome efforts. Salute their efforts to standby Palestinians. 🫡

[@stephaniecarrow4898]

Well said. Respect to our young people who stand up for humanity.

[@rommy_of_rohan]

It really staggers me that in an age when we've sent probes to Pluto we're witnessing a horrendous genocide going on right under our noses and the people who are opposing it are the ones being beaten up, arrested and jailed. Good on this girl for having a conscience and the courage to stand up for what is right. I hope her parents are proud of her.

[@omejouate]

Thank you for your undeniable bravery! Kudos to free people of the world especially university students!

[@ill_like_comment_after_read_it]

اللَّهُمَّ مَكِّرْ لَهُمْ، وَاكْفِهِمْ بِمَا شِىْٔتَ، إِنْ تَنْصُرْهُمْ فَلَا غَالِبَ لَهُمْ، وَإِنْ تَخْذُلْهُمْ فَمَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَنْصُرْهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ ( Allahumma makkir lahum, wakfihim bimā syi’ta, in tanşurhum falā ghāliba lahum, wa in takhzulhum faman zal lazī yanşurhum min ba‘dika ) "Our Lord! Pour upon them patience, make them steadfast, and grant them victory over the Disbelievers."

[@zzulm]

Young people are discovering their power 👏👏👏

[@alletsa1575]

And the Zi’s say that these students have no idea what they’re on about. I’ve been over the University of Melbourne (local to me) and the students at the campsite there know exactly what’s going on. It’s sad that it’s up to students to lead the way, again. Keep going✊🏾

[@19pgs85]

Great work keep it up!

[@studiesstudies-qi3ri]

THANKS!!😢