Retsef Levi, Professor of Operations Management at MIT, and a former IDF intelligence official, is flagrantly abusing his power and using social media to spread misinformation, target students, incite violence, and create division within MIT’s community.

On November 10th, Levi posted a defamatory letter written by MIT’s Israel Alliance that has made national headlines and can only be described as an alternate reality account of the November 9th protest and sit-in organized by the MIT Coalition Against Apartheid (CAA), a student group calling for an end to Israeli apartheid and an end to the MISTI-Israel Lockheed Martin Fund at MIT.

The counter protestors Levi defends used physical intimidation, filming without consent, and vulgar verbal abuse, physically assaulted and threatened to doxx White, Black, Brown, Jewish, and Muslim student protestors, accusing them of supporting rape and being members of Hamas. These counter protesters spared no one: even respected MIT faculty members were subjected to cameras and verbal abuse.

CAA is a group led by students of color that has been suspended from all non-academic activity on campus after an appalling hours-long bombardment by MIT police. The detailed events of the protest are summarized on a student's thread.

It gets worse:

On November 6th at 1:32 AM, Professor Levi posted a video vilifying the CAA, including sharing a video of a student on their social media without the student’s consent and with the explicit aim to subject the student to public scrutiny, harm, and prevent future employment.

This is a heinous abuse of power and reckless endangerment of student safety. We are disgusted by MIT’s inability to protect students from this egregious behavior.

Retsef Levi needs to be held accountable for his fear-mongering and flagrant misconduct.

There is no room for this brand of hatred and division at MIT. Professors should protect the safety of ALL students in their community.

We demand that MIT and the Sloan School of Management take action to address Professor Levi's behavior and protect students NOW: Terminate Professor Retsef Levi immediately.

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