Lisa A. Setrakian '04, whose family is partly Lebanese, said the vigil "was absolutely successful, especially the volume of non-Arab participants which speaks so highly of what people's faith can accomplish."
"It brought the Harvard community together," one organizer said.
Allegra Pacheco, an Israeli human rights lawyer, gave an introductory speech at the vigil, describing what she called a "chain of suffering and violence" in the Middle East.
"I'm scared for the Palestinians of Israel," she said. "Even in yuppie Tel-Aviv, Israelis are rioting and yelling 'down with the Arabs.'"
Jane L. Risen '01, a member of the "Seeds of Peace" program that runs Arab-Israeli peace camps for young people, read comments from friends of a 17-year-old Arab graduate of the program killed in the violence last week.
"What has the world come to--there are no answers," said one camper in a letter read by Risen.
SAS students then read letters and e-mail messages from young witnesses of the violence, including a Palestinian girl living in Jerusalem who said she had seen a two-year-old child shot.
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