A member of the Dean Council of the Government School of Harvard Kennedy University, resigned from his position after he was sued last week by almost 200 relatives of Americans killed in the terrorist attack of October 7 of Hamas of Hamas of 2023 against the Israeli concerts.
According to the demand, Bashar Masri, a American Palestinian billionaire, is accused of “helping and inciting” Hamas by helping the terrorist group to build tunnels and rocket launching sites, in addition to allowing Hamas leaders to use facilities.
Masri resigned from Harvard’s post following accusations. The Kennedy Government School confirmed its resignation in an email to Fox News Digital on Thursday.
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Harvard’s faculty and staff have signs from inside Harvard Yard during a press conference from supporters of the Harvard faculty of the Palestinian coalition on the outskirts of Harvard Yard. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe through Getty Images)
“After conversations with the Kennedy Government School, Bashar Masri has renounced his role in the Dean Council, while seeking the dismissal of the false accusations made against him,” Masri to Digital’s office told Digital.
“Neither he nor any company associated with him once participated in illegal activities or in the support of the suppliers of violence and militancy,” said the statement. “Bashar Masri has been involved in development and humanitarian work for decades. Its continuous efforts to promote regional peace and stability have been widely recognized by the United States and all the concerned parts in the region.
Demand paints a different image.
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Bashar Al-Masri, President or Palestine Development and Investment Company Ltd., speaks during the launch ceremony of a large solar energy project in the east of the city of Gaza on March 10, 2021. (Xinhua/Rizek Abdeljawad through Getty Images)
“Masri and the comensis that it controls, including the defendants Palestine Development & Investment Company (” Padico “), Palestine Real Estate Investment Company (” Prico “) and the Company of Development of Palestinian Industrial States (” Piedco “) – Dealdoped and Operatheds Froce April, readings.
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“But in reality, they were also used to build and hide Hamas attack tunnels, store and launch their rockets in Israel, Hamas leadership and foot soldiers, train Hamas naval commands, and even produce electricity for Hamas suites.” Just before the October 7 attack, Masri even installed an individual closely tied to Hamas as president of Piedco. ”
That leader was identified in the lawsuit as Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in the Hamas de Gaza strip in the Gaza Strip from 2017, whom the demand alleges used the Luxury coastal hotels of Masri “to organize public and private events of Hamas.” The Israeli Defense Force (FDI) killed Sinwar last October.
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The Palestinian businessman Bashar Masri is among the attendees during the event at QASR AR RAWABI, Palestine, on April 5, 2025. (Mohammad Nazal/Middle East/AFP images through Getty)
Masri is the man behind the $ 350 million Rawabi project, an effort to create the first modern industrial area in the West Bank. The demand alleges that this project was mainly financed by a state real estate investment firm in Qatar.
“In 2018, it established and currently finance the graduated Rawabi scholarship for Palestine leaders at the Kennedy school of Harvard University. This scholarship program provides registration, health insurance and stipend for students of Palestin Sayuit.
The Gaza Industrial Estate (GIE), is described as the “Crown Jewel” or the development of Masri, which according to demand was fined through Masri’s companies with USAID money, the United Nations, the European Union and more in) in Washington.
“When developing the GIE, Masri and the other defendants worked directly, open already knowing with the main leaders of Hamas, including, in the months prior to the attack of October 7, the Hamas official in charge of the development of the military,” “” “” “” “” “”
A view of the camp in Harvard Yard. The “liberated zone” had several signs that denounced the genocide and requested the divestment of Israel. (Nikolas Lanum/Fox News Digital)
According to the demand, while Gie appeared to be a totally legitimate company that manufactured products to meet the needs of the common people, it was very closely linked to Hamas terror, saying that “… Masri and the partner Hanas to build and controls work worked worked worked worked worked worked worked worked worked work. Israeli military personnel.
The demand states that Gie was used to “probe the border fence and test the response times and the countermeasures of the IDF in the period prior to the attack of October 7”, and that “Hamas even installed an anti -tank battery in one of Gie’s water towers in front of the border.”
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Masri’s office called the “without foundation” complaint.
“He was surprised to know through the media that a complaint without foundation today was filed today in reference to false accusations against him and certain companies with which he is associated,” his office told Fox News Digital. “Neether, neither those entities have participated in illegal activities or have tried support for violence and militancy.”