A US university president has resigned from a comment on the ‘Jewish-hatred’ organized on campus during the Congress hearing, which is not a direct answer to the question of ‘genocide’, he said.
In that hearing Elizabeth Magille, President of the University of Pennsylvania, refused to say whether students who called for the ‘genocide of the Jews’ would be punished, but later apologized for her comments.
On Saturday, the university authorities said that Magille ‘leavely resigned’ but he will remain in office until someone new comes in power.
Magille appeared before the House of Representatives with Harvard and MIT President Claudine Gay and Sally Cornbluth on December 5 respectively.
A. The Republican New York Congresswoman Ellis Stefanick asked if calling for the genocide of Jews violated the University Code of Conduct? In response, Magill and MIT and Harvard presidents said it was ‘release’ that it was "release" and later criticized for not explicitly condemning the Jewish genocide call.
The congressional hearing was held amid protests held on campus in the wake of the Israeli-Gaza conflict and the anti-Jewish incident, Magille apologized for the testimony in a video statement after the hearing, but his resignation continued.
Magill was criticized by the White House for his comments and even with one of the university's donors withdrew plans to pay $100 million, he said, ‘who was ’susualized" by Magill's comments.
Two Jewish students from the university filed a case on December 7. As they claimed, the campus has become a cradle of anti-Semitism, harassment and discrimination.
The Penn Board of Trustees chairman Scott El Bock confirmed Magille's resignation, saying Magille will step down from the presidency, but Penn Carey Law will remain a permanent faculty member.
"It is my privilege to serve as the president of a significant institution, which was an honor to participate in faculty, students, workers, former students and others to advance Penn's important goals," Magille said in a statement after his resignation.
Source: BBC
