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That alone should not disqualify him. Rather, it s that he consistently deceives, inverts history, and most significantly, justifies terrorism. Erekat has long peddled the lie that the Israeli military perpetrated a massacre in Jenin in 2002, and he refuses to label Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) as terrorist organizations. In 2015, in the midst of a brutal wave of Palestinian stabbing attacks that led to dozens of Israeli deaths, Erekat dismissed the killings, stating that the Palestinian people will continue to defend themselves. A diplomat like Erekat who conflates terrorism with self-defense is the antithesis of what diplomacy should be. Unless, of course, Harvard thinks differently — or has other motivations. The university s decision to grant Erekat this position came after the Palestinian Authority donated $2 million to Harvard between 2017 and 2019.
To Harvard, it’s all about the Benjamins.