A Harvard law student accused of attacking an Israeli classmate during a confrontation at a protest has been given a top job at the public defender’s office in Washington, DC.
Ibrahim Bharmal, an editor at the prestigious Harvard Law Review, was seen in a viral video allegedly accosting an Israeli student during a pro-Palestine “die-in” protest at Harvard last October, just days after the Hamas attack .
The confrontation occurred after an Israeli student walked over demonstrators and captured their faces as they lay on the ground to protest Israeli actions in Gaza, according to The Harvard Crimson.
Despite the brawl going viral, Bharmal has been hired as a summer attorney for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, as first reported by the Washington Post. Free beacon.
The office shared a message about Bharmal on Tuesday and thanked him for it
Ibrahim Bharmal, an editor at the prestigious Harvard Law Review, was seen in a viral video allegedly accosting an Israeli student during a pro-Palestine “die-in” protest at Harvard last October.
The viral footage showed several protesters, including Bharmal, shouting, “Shame! Shame! Shame!’ at the student, who was forced to bend and twist as he tried to free himself from the swarm of bodies that kept him from moving.
The crowd surrounded him and blocked his way with keffiyehs as he continued to try to record the scene on his phone.
Protesters claimed the Israeli student was “trying to intimidate or dox” them.
Bharmal, who will graduate next year, was a designated “security marshal” at the protest.
He and fellow Harvard Divinity School student Elom Tettey-Tamaklo were each charged with two felony counts of assault and battery. In addition, an FBI investigation into the confrontation was launched.
The viral footage showed several protesters, including Bharmal, shouting, “Shame! Shame! Shame!’ towards the student and blocks his path
Bharmal, seen on the far right in a yellow vest, was a designated “security marshal” at the protest
Tettey-Tamaclo was fired from his position as proctor at Harvard College for his actions during the protest. Bharmal retained his position at the Harvard Law Review.
The incident was one of several that sparked outrage over Harvard’s handling of alleged anti-Semitism during the Gaza war.
Several Harvard alumni, including billionaire Bill Ackman and Senator Mitt Romney, co-wrote a letter accusing Harvard of creating an environment in which Jewish students felt unsafe.
In April, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik sent a leader to Harvard leadership, accusing them of “delaying justice” against the students involved in the fight and delaying the FBI investigation.
Pro-Palestinian groups at Harvard staged a ‘die-in’ just over a week after the deadly terrorist attack by Hamas that killed more than 1,300 people in Israel
Bharmel is also the co-president of the Harvard South Asian Law Students, a group that sparked massive backlash when they signed a letter blaming Israel for the Hamas attack.
Bharmel is also the co-president of the Harvard South Asian Law Students, a group that sparked massive backlash when they signed a letter blaming Israel for the October 7 Hamas attack.
He is expected back in court in September and could face up to 100 days in jail on each charge.
In the post shared by the DC Public Defender’s Office, Bharmel said he wants to work to support “immigrants, asylum seekers and other newly arrived neighbors.”
“I am passionate about serving my home communities, especially by supporting immigrants, asylum seekers and other newly arrived neighbors. “I seek to use legal advocacy as a tool to counter the harmful effects of our country’s incarceration and exclusionary immigration systems on the vulnerable populations where I come from,” Bharmal added.
“I’m still determining where I’ll end up in the short term, but I see myself working as an immigration, criminal or civil rights attorney after graduation.”