Harvard, Penn Heads Defend Response to Israel-Gaza Protests
- University presidents called before Congress over antisemitism
- Schools balancing free speech concerns as major donors rebel
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The presidents of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania told US lawmakers they won’t tolerate antisemitism on their campuses as they cope with protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
Harvard’s Claudine Gay, Penn’s Liz Magill and MIT President Sally Kornbluth defended their actions before the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Tuesday. Committee chair Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina Republican, is holding the hearing to address why the college administrators “largely stood by, allowing horrific rhetoric to fester and grow” since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.