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Robert van der Hilst
Robert van der Hilst participated in an anti-Israel event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in May 2024, during Israel's war against Hamas terrorists.
As of May 2025, Robert van der Hilst was listed as a professor of earth and planetary sciences at MIT.
As of August 2025, Robert van der Hilst's LinkedIn profile said he graduated with a PhD in geophysics from Utrecht University in the Netherlands in 1990.
As of the same date, Robert van der Hilst's LinkedIn said he graduated from Het Streek Lyceum High School in Ede, Netherlands.
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.
Boston-Wide Rally For The People's Graduation: Long Live The Student Intifada
View EventDate: May 28, 2024
Organizers: MIT CAA, SJP, Boston PSL, PYM Boston, BCFP
Location: MIT, Cambridge, MA
The term “intifada” translates from Arabic as “uprising” or “insurrection” and carries the connotation of terrorist violence, including suicide bombings, hijackings, shootings and stabbings.
