I was an Israeli undergrad at Harvard College 20 years ago. One main thing has changed since.

Earlier this week, a group of 33 Harvard Student Organizations signed a letter saying that Israel is "entirely responsible" for the attacks by Hamas terrorists.

For days, Harvard University said nothing in response.

(In the meantime, some of these organizations retracted).

These student on-campus organizations include the following organizations, among others:

Jews for Liberation (???)

African American Resistance Organization

Bengali Association of Students at Harvard College

Harvard Arab Medical and Dental Student Association

Harvard Chan Muslim Student Association

Harvard Chan Students for Health Equity and Justice in Palestine

Harvard College Pakistan Student Association

Harvard Divinity School Muslim Association

Etc. Etc.

Hedge Fund Tycoon Bill Ackman looked for these students' individual names, so he could blacklist them on Wall Street.

Put it simply, Wall Street would never hire these people.

You heard it, parents?

If you send your kids to Harvard (or any like-minded institution, for that matter) and they sign petitions like this, they will be blacklisted.

It's not nice to be blacklisted on Wall Street, after graduating from Harvard.

The truth is, you don't really need these students' names to blacklist them.

It's very easy to recognize them when they graduate Harvard and apply for jobs in 1-2 years.

Back when I was one of a few Israeli undergrads at Harvard College (B.A. in Government, 2004-2008), the situation was as hostile to Israelis as it is now.

I was part of the Harvard Club for Israel, and we were cornered, time and time again, by the dozens of Muslim and pro-Muslim groups on campus. (There were so incredibly many - who funded them anyway?!).

Letters, protests, fundraisers, statements against us. We was always something hostile going on against us. We always did something wrong, apparently.

We felt threatened by these organizations' voices and actions on campus.

The difference between then and now, is that the world has become much more inter-connected.

Back then, there was no Twitter, Whatsapp, Telegram, Insta, to rapidly share information.

No one had millions of followers who could get informed instantaneously.

It's easier now to call out these people and institutions.

It's easier now to make people and institutions accountable for their actions.

Organizations - whether they are terrorist organizations, or terrorizing, on-campus organizations - can be called out now more easily.

It's a brand new world out there, and people - yes, even young people - need to take responsibility for their actions.

Yours, Shira