‘Despicable': Students condemn Harvard student groups’ letter blaming Israelis for own massacre

Boston-area students reacted to Harvard student groups' letter blaming Israel for Hamas' acts of terrorism. Several students said they don't feel safe on campus.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Pro-Israel college students near Boston denounced a letter signed by more than two dozen Harvard University student organizations blaming the Middle East nation for Hamas' deadly surprise attack over the weekend.

"That letter was deeply disturbing," Annie, a Harvard student, told Fox News Digital at a rally outside Cambridge City Hall on Monday. "I’m appalled that so many student organizations have signed on to this."

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Yonah, a Boston University student, told Fox News Digital "every single club who signed that, they need to be informed on what’s happening."  

"That was despicable," he said. "They need to understand the gravity of the situation."

Annie, a Harvard University student, says she doesn't feel safe on her college campus after 34 student groups released a statement blaming Israel entirely for the violence after Hamas' acts of terrorism. (Kassy Dillon/Fox News Digital)

The Israeli government declared war against Hamas on Saturday after the terrorist group fired thousands of rockets out of Gaza and invaded, killing over 1,000 Israelis and taking hostages, including soldiers, women, children and older civilians. Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups released a letter co-signed by 33 student organizations shortly after the attacks blaming Israel entirely and voiced support for Palestinians in Gaza.

"We, the undersigned student organizations, hold the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence," the statement read. "The apartheid regime is the only one to blame. Israeli