Rashed Harun
Rashed Harun is a data scientist who spread hatred of Israel during its war against Hamas terrorists in late 2023 and early 2024.
Harun published his remarks on social media in the wake of a series of Hamas terror atrocities and war crimes against Israeli civilians, including mass murder, torture, rape, beheadings and kidnappings, which were executed on October 7, 2023.
The Hamas terror attacks left over 1,200 Israelis dead, hundreds kidnapped and thousands wounded. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.”
Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., Canada, European Union, Israel and other countries. Founded in 1987, it has killed thousands of Israeli civilians through mass shootings and suicide bombings. Hamas has also kidnapped children, families and the elderly and held them hostage in Gaza. It has desecrated [slide 7] dead bodies and launched numerous rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.
As of January 11, 2024, Harun’s LinkedIn profile said he was a “Senior Data Scientist, ML AI [Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence]” at Genentech and was located in San Mateo, California.
However, as of the same date, Harun’s now-deleted Twitter bio said he was located in Berkeley, California.
As of January 11, 2024, Harun’s LinkedIn also said he received a PhD in neurobiology from the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) School of Medicine in 2015. He also graduated from Pitt with a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and chemistry in 2008. Pitt is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
