Error-Riddled Harvard Law School Report Demonizes Israel as ‘Inhumane’

Harvard Law School stamped its name on a report that, we’re told, leans on terror-linked sources and then talks about Israel “burning Palestinian children to a crisp.” That’s not careful legal work. That’s propaganda language dressed up in footnotes. If your goal is to persuade serious people, you don’t start with the most inflammatory imagery you can find and hope nobody checks the sourcing.

The bigger problem is that this wasn’t just one bad quote or a typo that slipped past an editor. The story says the report is error-riddled and built on sources tied to terrorism. That combination should set off alarms in any institution that claims to train future judges and clerks. If you can’t verify it, don’t publish it under Harvard’s seal. “We regret the errors” doesn’t cut it when the errors are the whole point.

And let’s be honest about the incentive structure here. On campus, being “tough” on Israel is treated as a moral credential, while skepticism is treated like a character flaw. So the most extreme claims get rewarded, and the basics like corroboration and neutrality get treated as optional. This is activism wearing a law-school hoodie. It’s also how you end up laundering the talking points of bad actors through a prestigious brand.

Harvard can fix this if it wants to. Start by putting the sourcing out in the open, correcting the record loudly, and explaining how terror-adjacent material made it into a purportedly serious report. If it won’t do that, people will draw the obvious conclusion. The brand matters more than the truth. And that’s a brutal look for an institution that expects the rest of the country to take its “expertise” on faith.