MIT researcher visits encampment, condemns anti-Israel protests and school leaders: ‘We are being harassed’ Fox News
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MITpostdoctorateresearcherLiorAlontoldFoxNewsDigitalitis‘ridiculous’thattheschoolcontinuestoallowthetentsoncampuslawn.
AMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)researcheriscallingouthisuniversityleadersforallowinganencampmentonschoolgroundstocontinueoperations,suggestingthatprotestersareactinglike“kids”andfailingtounderstandthecomplexitiesofwhatishappeninginGaza.
LiorAlon,apostdoctoratemathematicalphysicsresearcheratMIT,toldFoxNewsDigitalthatthelegitimacyofIsraelshouldnot bequestioned andsaidJewsdeservetohaveacountrytocallhome—thoughitshouldbeopentoallpeople.
DescribinghimselfasaZionist,AlonsaidhedoesnotfeelashamedofthelabelandisoftenveryvocalagainstIsraeliPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahuandhisgovernment.
AlonfirstwitnessedprotestersattheMITcampusonOct.9.Atthetime,hewasstilllearningthat oneofhisgoodfriendshadbeenkilled intheHamasterroristattacks
