A sign hangs on a gate of a building at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., July 6, 2023.
REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - A pro-Palestinian statement from Harvard University students that blamed Israel for violence engulfing the region does not speak for the educational institution as a whole or its leadership, Harvard University President Claudine Gay said on Tuesday.
"Let me also state .... that while our students have the right to speak for themselves, no student group — not even 30 student groups — speaks for Harvard University or its leadership," Gay said in a statement.
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas' attack on Israel on Saturday left hundreds dead.
Harvard is the most influential university in U.S. politics, having produced eight former presidents and four of the nine current Supreme Court Justices.
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