Daniel Shen

Daniel Shen

Daniel Shen participated in the anti-Israel encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in May 2024.

The profilee's activism occurred during Israel’s war against Hamas, which Israel launched after the October 7, 2023, terror attacks when Hamas murdered nearly 1,200 Israelis, injured thousands and kidnapped hundreds.

As of May 2025, Daniel Shen's Instagram profile said he was a PhD candidate at MIT and an organizer at the MIT Graduate Student Union (MIT GSU).

As of the same date, Daniel Shen's LinkedIn profile said he had been a graduate student at MIT since August 2021.

Pro-Hamas MIT Encampment - Day 11

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Date: May 1, 2024

Organizers: MIT CAA, MIT C4P, MIT G4P

Location: Kresge Oval, MIT, Cambridge, MA

Event Flyer: Instagram

Nearly 200 anti-Israel college encampments were set up in North America in spring 2024. Activists harassed Jews with antisemitic slurs, expressed their support [00:02:45] for Hamas terrorism and called [00:04:45] for Israel's destruction. They blocked Jews from campus facilities and limited access to those with special wristbands or who said they weren't a Zionist.