Harvard president resigns after condemning anti-Israel protests
| The president of Harvard University, who had previously been pressured to resign on the pretext of appeasement in the face of anti-Israel protests, was accused of academic plagiarism this time and had to resign from his post. |
Gay”, the president of Harvard University, who had previously been pressured to resign on the pretext of appeasement in the face of anti-Israel protests, was accused of academic plagiarism this time and had to resign from his post.
Claudine Gay, 53, did not condemn what she called the rise of “anti-Semitism” on campuses, as Israeli lobbyists had hoped, at a US Congressional hearing last month.
At that meeting, in response to a question about whether he would consider disciplinary measures for anti-Israel chants by students, Gay said that these words were “hateful” but that Harvard is committed to free speech. He knows.
After this position, the pressure on him to resign increased. Despite this, 700 university faculty members supported him in a letter, and the university announced that he would remain in his job despite the controversy.
After that failed. Efforts Claudine Gay was accused of plagiarism in scientific-research articles and the pressure on her increased to such an extent that she announced her resignation yesterday.
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