"You called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and you stood in solidarity with the pro-Palestine activists on campus. You faced threats, intimidation and suppression coming from all directions, especially your own university officials, but you prevailed," she said. "Because the MIT community that I know would never tolerate a genocide."
As she and her peers graduate, "there are no universities left in Gaza. We are watching Israel try to wipe Palestine off the face of the earth, and it is a shame that MIT is a part of it," the student said.
"The Israeli occupation forces are the only foreign military that MIT has research ties with," she said. "This means that Israel's assault on the Palestinian people is not only aided and abetted by our country, but our school."