A Harvard Law student accused of assaulting an Israeli classmate during a confrontation at a protest has landed a top position in the public defender’s office in Washington, DC.
Ibrahim Bharmal, editor of the prestigious Harvard Law Review, was seen in a viral video allegedly accosting an Israeli student at a pro-Palestinian “death” protest at Harvard last October, just days after the Hamas attack.
The confrontation occurred after an Israeli student was seen walking over protesters and recording their faces as they lay on the ground to protest Israel’s actions in Gaza, according to The Harvard Crimson.
Despite going viral for the fight, Bharmal has been hired as a summer law clerk for the District of Columbia Public Defender Service, as first reported by the Washington Post. Free beacon.
The office shared a post about Bharmal on Tuesday, thanking him for his
Ibrahim Bharmal, editor of the prestigious Harvard Law Review, was seen in a viral video allegedly accosting an Israeli student at a pro-Palestine protest at Harvard last October.
In the viral footage, several protesters, including Bharmal, were seen shouting: ‘Shame on you! Pity! Pity!’ at the student, who was forced to crouch and twist as he tried to free himself from the swarm of bodies that prevented him from moving.
The mob surrounded him and blocked his path with keffiyehs while he continued trying to record the scene on his phone.
The protesters claimed that the Israeli student was trying to “intimidate or trick them.”
Bharmal, who will graduate next year, was appointed “security marshal” at the protest.
He and fellow Harvard Divinity School student Elom Tettey-Tamaklo were each charged with two misdemeanor counts of assault and battery. Additionally, the FBI launched an investigation into the confrontation.
In the viral footage, several protesters, including Bharmal, were seen shouting: ‘Shame on you! Pity! Pity!’ at the student and blocking his way
Bharmal, seen wearing a yellow vest on the far right, was appointed “security marshal” at the protest.
Tettey-Tamaklo was fired from his position as a supervisor at Harvard University for his actions at the protest. Bharmal maintained his position at the Harvard Law Review.
The incident was one of many that sparked outrage against Harvard’s handling of alleged anti-Semitism amid the war in Gaza.
Several Harvard alumni, including billionaire Bill Ackman and Senator Mitt Romney, co-wrote a letter accusing Harvard of allowing an environment in which Jewish students felt unsafe.
In April, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik sent a leader to Harvard’s leadership accusing them of “delaying justice” against the students involved in the melee and stopping the FBI investigation.
Pro-Palestinian groups at Harvard celebrated a ‘death’ just over a week after the deadly Hamas terrorist attack that killed more than 1,300 people in Israel.
Bharmel is also 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 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 to return to court in September and faces up to 100 days in jail on each charge.
In the post shared by the D.C. public defender’s office, Bharmel said he wants to work to support “immigrants, asylum seekers, and other newly arrived neighbors.”
‘I would like to serve my home communities, specifically supporting immigrants, asylum seekers and other newly arrived neighbors. “I strive to use legal advocacy as a tool to curb the harmful effects of our country’s carceral and exclusionary immigration systems on the vulnerable populations from which I come,” Bharmal added.
“I’m still determining where I’ll land in the immediate short term, but I envision myself practicing as an immigration, criminal defense, or civil rights attorney after graduating.”
