Day 201. We are grateful to see Hersh is alive. We must seize this moment. Listen to Jon and Rachel's plea to all leaders. #Bring_Hersh_Home#BringThemAllHomeNOW
Had an enriching engagement with 40 Public Policy graduates of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. I shared my own experiences & vision on public policy over four decades on national and global public goods policies & implementation. I highlighted the gender equality and women’s empowerment Global Compact & how PM Modi’s India is a lighthouse for Women-led development Project of humanity. We also discussed my novel 'Swallowing The Sun' and its global resonance across time, generations and geographies.
#SwallowingTheSun
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The presidents of @Harvard, @MIT, and @Penn were all asked the following question under oath at today’s congressional hearing on antisemitism:
Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate [your university’s] code of conduct or rules regarding bullying or harassment?
The answers they gave reflect the profound moral bankruptcy of Presidents Gay, Magill and Kornbluth.
Representative @EliseStefanik was so shocked with the answers that she asked each of them the same question over and over again, and they gave the same answers over and over again.
In short, they said:
It ‘depends on the context’ and ‘whether the speech turns into conduct,’ that is, actually killing Jews.
This could be the most extraordinary testimony ever elicited in the Congress, certainly on the topic of genocide, which to remind us all is:
“the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group”
The presidents’ answers reflect the profound educational, moral and ethical failures that pervade certain of our elite educational institutions due in large part to their failed leadership.
Don’t take my word for it.
You must watch the following three minutes. By the end, you will be where I am.
They must all resign in disgrace.
If a CEO of one of our companies gave a similar answer, he or she would be toast within the hour.
Why has antisemitism exploded on campus and around the world?
Because of leaders like Presidents Gay, Magill and Kornbluth who believe genocide depends on the context.
To think that these are the leaders of Ivy League institutions that are charged with the responsibility to educate our best and brightest.
On the bright side, our congressional leaders deserve accolades for showing tremendous leadership and moral clarity in their statements, by the questions they asked, and the respectfulness with which they conducted the hearing.
It was a masterclass of how our government and democracy should operate.
If you have time, please watch the entire hearing. Throughout the hearing, the three behaved like hostile witnesses, exhibiting a profound disdain for the Congress with their smiles and smirks, and their outright refusal to answer basic questions with a yes or no answer.
Where is the proof? Where?? Such a strange question in light of the fact that these were the most documented atrocities humanity has known…
Hamas broadcasted more than 60,000 videos of their horrific crimes on Oct 7th-showing how they slaughtered babies, how they raped women and girls and shot them in their head right after… they documented everything to spread terror including videos in which they murder entire families - slaughtering parents in front of their screaming children and children in front of their horrified parents, burning entire people and children alive, massacring hundreds of young women and men, group raping of young women, beheading of children, cutting of women’s organs
They came with sport’s cameras and journalists with them!!
They made sure everyone in the world will know of what happened and understand of their ability to murder in the most inhumane ways possible 😔 all broadcasted live on social media including in the personal account of those they slaughtered and raped
“Where is it? Where is the proof?”
Is a question experienced as ignorance at best and pure evil, echoing pure evil.
What is Happening in Israel is Devastating.. Watching all of these families and especially children being herded, assaulted and murdered in the streets is Heartbreaking.
Imagine if this was happening to you??
It’s Un-fathomable.
Conflicts can never be resolved with violence. Unfortunately Humanity does not understand this Universal truth. Has Never Understood it. We live in a World Ravaged by Hate.
My heart goes out to Israel. To Families and Homes that have been destroyed. To children who are lost.
To Innocent Victims who have Been Killed.
To All who are Suffering or who will suffer from this conflict.
Im Praying For you. I am aware that this is the work of Hamas and there are many innocent people in Palestine who do not support this terrorist organization. This Tragic attack will only cause more suffering for everyone
Let us all Pray. For Israel. 🇮🇱 🇮🇱 🇮🇱 For Peace. 🤍 For The World.