2023-12-10 11:48:00
Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefaniková questioned the presidents of the prestigious Magill University of Pennsylvania and two other rectors of prestigious American universities at the hearing. She asked everyone if calls for the genocide of the Jews were against the university’s ethics codes and anti-harassment regulations.
Despite repeated inquiries Magill was unable to say clearly whether calls for the genocide of the Jews violated university rulesreminds the AP agency.
Magill responded by saying, among other things, that context matters. Stefanikova responded by asking if that was really her statement, that the call for the genocide of the Jews depends on the context. “If words become actions, it can be harassment, yes,” Magill said. “By acts, do you mean the commission of genocide?” Stefanikova asked in disbelief.
The donor threatened to withdraw 2.3 billion
The verbal exchange between the two women became widely followed on social media, and calls for Magill’s resignation quickly began to mount within and outside the university. One of the big donors even threatened to withdraw a donation of 100 million dollars (2.3 billion CZK) if the head of the university was not replaced.
The school finally announced the resignation early Saturday evening. Magill will continue to teach at Pennsylvania State University, while her successor is still being chosen.
The heads of Harvard and MIT also face criticism
Criticism, including that from the White House, faced i heads of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Even they did not unequivocally say whether the call for the genocide of the Jews would be a violation of the rules of their institutions.
As AP points out, the situation escalated during the war between Israel and Hamas, when there are concerns about whether American universities are sufficiently responding to manifestations of anti-Semitism.
“Harvard has become dangerous for Jews and is an incubator for supporters of terror,” Israeli ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan leaned on Harvard.
The school’s principal, Claudine Gay, critics say, proved him right when she told a congressional hearing that calling for the genocide of Jews on campuses is against the rules only when directed at individuals.“Harvard must be a model of freedom of speech, but at the same time it must be able to fight against prejudice,” said Gay.
“Monstrous Calls for Genocide”
It was the performance of female rectors that angered a large part of politicians and the public. “The calls for genocide are monstrous and against everything we stand for as a country,” said White House spokesman Andrew Bates.
“Gay’s bizarrely evasive answers deeply disturbed me, colleagues and students,” wrote Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe. The rector then issued a statement that anyone who threatens Jewish students will be held accountable.
They tore down the posters of the hostages
At universities across the US, students tore down posters of children kidnapped by Hamas or they chanted the slogan “There is only one solution – the intifada revolution” in front of their Jewish classmates.
Intifada refers to several protest and armed uprisings by Palestinians against Israel. The last one between 2000 and 2005 cost the lives of hundreds of Israeli civilians. Mobs of students roaming campuses looking for Jewish students and intimidating them are no exception in the US. “It is the same atmosphere of anti-Semitism that has led to massacres of Jews over the centuries.” said MIT student Talia Khan.
“Eliminated: ‘Imad Karíka’ – commander of the Shuja’iya Hamas battalion. He took over the position after the previous battalion commander was eliminated,” the Israeli military tweeted. “He was previously the Deputy Commander of the Shuja’iya Battalion and was responsible for anti-tank missile training in the Gaza City Brigade.”
The Israeli army today announced the names of four more soldiers who have lost their lives since the start of its campaign to eradicate the Palestinian militant group Hamas from the Gaza Strip. According to the media, yes the balance of the Israeli ground operation exceeded 100 dead.
According to the AFP agency, the army records a total of 101 dead members, the news website The Times of Israel wrote about 102 fallen soldiers. Israel’s invasion of Gaza has been ongoing for about a month and a half and is not expected to end until after the New Year at the earliest.
Good morning, the israeli army launched another airstrike on syrian territory on sunday evening, causing some damage on the outskirts of damascus, the Syrian state news agency SANA reported, citing an unnamed representative of the security forces. A similar attack has been reported several times over the past two months, apparently targeting militants backed by Iran.
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