Yale sophomore Sahar Tarak addressed the matter on Tuesday over her pro-Israel piece in the Yale Daily News being altered without her consent. 

On October 25, an editor’s note was added to the column “Is Yalies4Palestine a hate group?” which had been published on October 12. The comment stated, “This column has been edited to remove unsubstantiated claims that Hamas raped women and beheaded men.”

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Who is Sahar Tartak?

Sahar Tartak is a sophomore at Yale. This week, Tartak penned an opinion piece for the Washington Free Beacon in which he discussed how the independent student newspaper at Yale University, the Yale Daily News, altered a part that referred to the activities of Hamas in their attack on Israel.

“Yes, they raped women.” and “Yes, they beheaded men.” were taken down by the Yale Daily News. Without consulting Tartak, these changes were implemented.

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Even with her initial column, which still mentions Hamas’ beheadings, she criticizes the “barbarism” committed by the “terrorists from Gaza who seemed intent on killing as many Jews as possible.” She also addressed Yale students directly in a paragraph that seems to have stayed unaltered.

She detailed in her piece, the terrifying ordeals that some people went through while emphasizing the atrocities carried out by Hamas. She drew attention to the lucky escape of specific groups from kidnapping and, in particular, to the terrible end that befell young Shani Louk.

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Tartak disclosed that during the weekend, she became aware of the alterations. Her story was published five days after Hamas carried out a violent episode reminiscent of the deadliest atrocities of the 19th century. The editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News told her that there were questions about the veracity of the charges of rape and execution. Tartak refuted this by giving several sources that support these claims.