House Hearings: Rep. Stefanik calls for resignation of Campus presidents over policy of open speech about Jewish Genocide.

According to the BBC, The leaders, who included Harvard president Claudine Gay, testified before the House of Representatives. The students at the universities have accused administrators of not protecting Jewish people since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Jewish students said they faced antisemitic threats, assault and more.

House Republican Elise Stefanik, in Congress today, berated university presidents on the issue of antisemitism.

We are expected to believe that Stefanik, who has to this day yet to condemn Donald Trump for dining with a Holocaust denier, actually gives a damn about antisemitism.

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) December 6, 2023

I don’t like Rep. Elise Stefanik at all. BUT, she nailed it yesterday at the Hearing on college campus violence against Jews. It was disgraceful how the Ivy League college presidents failed to answer a simple question. Disgraceful. #morningjoe #FreeSpeech

— Sophia A. Nelson (@IAmSophiaNelson) December 6, 2023

In testimony to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Professor Gay acknowledged a rising tide of antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus since 7 October, when Hamas attacked Israel, which responded with a bombardment of Gaza and ground offensive.

She said it has been a challenge to balance freedom of speech and protest on campus while also protecting students against hate. 

“This is difficult work. And I know that I have not always gotten it right,” Prof Gay said.

She testified alongside two other presidents of elite American colleges: University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill and Massachusetts Institute of Technology president Sally Kornbluth.

BBC and Politico