Harvard under fire for appointing defender of PA terrorists to diplomacy project – Young Israel slams Harvard for tapping controversial PA leader known for anti-Israel and anti-Semitic comments for diplomacy project. | Israel National News

The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) today blasted Harvard University after it named Dr. Saeb Erakat, the Chief Palestinian Negotiator and Head of the Negotiations Affairs Department of the Palestine Liberation Organization, a Fisher Family Fellow for the 2020-21 academic year. In this role, Erakat will join the Future of Diplomacy Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and teach students about diplomacy and statecraft.Erakat has been deeply involved in Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization affairs for decades.