“In nearly 50 years of [Harvard] affiliation, I have never been as disillusioned and alienated as I am today,” Summers said. “The silence from Harvard’s leadership, so far, coupled with a vocal and widely reported student groups’ statement blaming Israel solely, has allowed Harvard to appear at best neutral towards acts of terror against the Jewish state of Israel.”

Summers condemned the university for immediately flying a Ukrainian flag after Russia’s invasion in February 2022 and posting a “powerful statement” about political violence after the death of George Floyd in 2020.

“Unlike President Bacow’s strong statement of support for Ukraine after Putin’s invasion and the decision to fly the Ukraine flag over Harvard yard … or Dean Gay’s powerful statement on police violence, we have as yet – 48 hours later – no official Harvard statement at this time of moral testing,” Summers continued.

[The university apparently doesn’t have the testicular fortitude to stand up to its student groups, almost two dozen of which leaped immediately to support for the Palestinians in the war. That itself is emblematic of the disgrace of Academia — an institution captured by activists and the students it’s supposed to educate. — Ed]