Students at Harvard and Columbia are denied job offers because they support the Palestinians

 Students at Harvard and Columbia are denied job offers because they support the Palestinians

Three Ivy League students who showed sympathy for Palestinians during a conflict between Hamas and Israel had their employment offers from a prestigious law firm withdrawn.

Davis Polk & Wardwell reportedly said that the opinions "are in direct contravention of our firm's value system."

The Harvard and Columbia students signed a statement supporting the Palestinians and attributing the Hamas assaults on Israel.

According to the business, the student leaders who supported the remarks are "no longer welcome in our firm."

With a staff of over 1,000 lawyers and $1.7 billion in yearly sales, Davis Polk & Wardwell is a large law firm.

Recently, more than 30 Harvard student organizations issued a declaration of support for Palestine last week, blaming Israel for the bloodshed. Some of the letter's coworkers and graduates voiced their disapproval.

Larry Summers, a former president of Harvard, said he was "sickened" by the institution's failure to denounce the "acts of terror." In a letter that was published a few hours later, Harvard administration members including President Claudine Gay recognized the "death and destruction unleashed by the attack by Hamas."

Israeli businessman Idan Ofer and his wife resigned from their posts on the Dean's Executive Board of the Harvard Kennedy School, alleging a "lack of clear evidence of support" for the Israeli people from university authorities.

A instructor at Stanford University was also suspended in a separate incident after claims that pupils were singled out due to their identities during the Middle East war.

A claim that the non-faculty lecturer singled out certain pupils based on their origins while discussing current events in Israel led to the temporary removal.

For their reactions to the Hamas assaults on Israel, several US universities, like the University of Pennsylvania, have faced criticism. In response to the violence, which has claimed the lives of around 1,900 Palestinians and 1,300 Israelis, students have organized rallies and vigils.

After hosting the Palestine Writes Literature Festival last month, Penn was dogged by charges of racism.