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In a stunning downfall for the leader of one of the world’s most prestigious universities, Liz Magill, the president of University of Pennsylvania, voluntarily stepped down from the helm of the Ivy League school on Saturday following a torrent of criticism for her testimony about antisemitism on Capitol Hill. Magill resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy.    #UniversityOfPennsylvania #UPenn #LizMagill #LizMagillAntisemitism #Antisemitism #AntisemitismOnCampus #IsraelHamasWar #JewsGenocide #LizMagillResigns #LizMagillresignsNews #UPennPresidentResignsNews #UPennNews                  ~PR.152~ED.102~

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00:00 violate Penn's rules or code of conduct.

00:03 Yes or no?

00:04 - If the speech turns into conduct, it can be harassment.

00:08 Yes.

00:08 - In a stunning downfall for the leader

00:10 of one of the world's most prestigious universities,

00:13 Liz Magill, the president of University of Pennsylvania,

00:17 voluntarily stepped down from the helm

00:19 of the Ivy League school on Saturday,

00:21 following a torrent of criticism for her testimony

00:24 about antisemitism on Capitol Hill.

00:27 Magill resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism

00:30 over testimony at a congressional hearing,

00:32 where she was unable to say under repeated questioning

00:35 that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews

00:37 would violate the school's conduct policy.

00:41 The departure of Liz Magill in a second year

00:43 as president of the Ivy League school

00:44 was announced by the school late Saturday afternoon.

00:47 The statement said, "Magill will remain

00:50 "a tenured faculty member

00:51 "at the university's Cary Law School.

00:53 "She has agreed to keep serving as Prince Leader

00:56 "until the university names an interim president."

00:59 Board Chair Scott Bork also resigned on Saturday.

01:02 Magill, Harvard University President Claudine Gay,

01:06 and Massachusetts Institute of Technology President

01:08 Sally Cornbluth testified before

01:10 a U.S. House of Representatives committee on Tuesday.

01:13 As they tried to walk a line

01:14 that protected freedom of speech,

01:16 they declined to give a definitive yes or no answer

01:19 to Republican Representative Elise Stefanik's question

01:23 on whether calling for the genocide of Jews

01:25 would violate the school's code of conduct

01:27 regarding bullying and harassment.

01:30 Calls for Magill and Gay's resignations,

01:32 in particular, mounted in the days after that testimony.

01:35 Magill released a video on Wednesday

01:37 in which she expressed regret.

01:38 Gay apologized on Friday.

01:40 Jewish students, families, and alumni

01:44 have accused the school of tolerating anti-Semitism,

01:46 especially in a statement by pro-Palestinian demonstrators

01:49 since the Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel

01:52 on October 7 and killed around 1,200.

01:55 That attack prompted a massive counterattack by Israel

01:57 that has left over 17,700 Palestinians dead,

02:01 according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

02:03 "One down, two to go.

02:04 "This is only the very beginning

02:06 "of addressing the pervasive rot of anti-Semitism

02:09 "that has destroyed the most prestigious

02:11 "higher education institutions in America,"

02:13 Stefanik said on social media site X

02:16 after Penn's announcement.

02:18 She said Magill's resignation was the bare minimum

02:21 of what is required and urged Harvard and MIT

02:24 to take similar action.

02:26 Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia have risen sharply

02:29 in the US and elsewhere since October.

02:31 Anti-Semitic incidents in the US rose by about 400%

02:34 in the two weeks after the Hamas attack on Israel,

02:37 according to the Anti-Defamation League.

02:40 The Council on American Islamic Relations said this week

02:43 that in the two months after the war began,

02:45 incidents motivated by Islamophobia

02:47 and bias against Palestinians and Arabs

02:49 rose by 172% compared to the same period last year.

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