Harvard President Apologises For Not Condemning Calls For Jewish Genocide
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Claudine Gay, along with President Liz Magill from UPenn and Sally Kornbluth from MIT, faced criticism for their responses during a five-hour congressional hearing.
Harvard president Claudine Gay has publicly apologised for her response during a congressional hearing on antisemitism. When asked about whether calls for "genocide" against Jews would violate Harvard's code of conduct, she did not provide a direct answer, stating that it depended on the "context." ????????????Presidents of @Harvard@MIT and @Penn REFUSE to say whether “calling for the genocide of Jews” is bullying and harassment according to their codes of conduct. Even going so far to say it needs to turn to “action” first. As in committing genocide.THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND… pic.twitter.com/hUY3SgoOOi Statement from President Gay: There are some who have confused a right to free expression with the idea that Harvard will condone calls for violence against Jewish students. Let me be clear: Calls for violence or genocide against the Jewish community, or any religious or ethnic…
“I am sorry,” Ms Gay said in an interview published in The Harvard Crimson on Thursday. “When words amplify distress and pain, I don't know how you could feel anything but regret.”
Claudine Gay added that she should have, in that moment, returned to the guiding truth, that calls for violence against Jewish community have no place at Harvard, and will never go unchallenged. “Substantively, I failed to convey what is my truth”.
