Virginia Foxx Asks Harvard's President Point Blank: 'Do You Believe Israel Has The Right To Exist?'

During a House Education Committee hearing, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) questioned Harvard's, UPenn's, and MIT's Presidents about each school's actions on antisemitism in the wake of the October 7th attacks.
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[@WarrenPuffet]

Misgendering someone was considered abuse on these campuses, and would be punished. Meanwhile, openly calling for genocide was “protected by free speech”. The insanity of that is blatant.

[@joakin88]

What was the open call for genocide?

[@charwest9449]

@@joakin88 As if you don't know.

[@nellyfootlong]

It's usually by a lesser class of people though and they are insignificant to bother about 😂

[@CanadianMonarchist]

@@joakin88 “Global Intifada,” which means an attempt to kill every Jew in the world, just as the First and Second Intifadas were an attempt to kill every Jew in Israel.

[@the-hollywood-dog-says-6072]

We live in a Romans 1 society

[@amandamccallum6796]

The answer should be: we hired a bunch of activists as teachers who indoctrinate instead of teach.

[@ScooterFarts]

And bow to billionaire Zionist donors who tell us what is acceptable free speech and who has rights.

[@Sdority905]

And also that we receive funding from Qatar so we are not allowed to say anything that would piss it off so we don't lose their money.

[@Violet_Lotus_]

does Quatar mind them saying, "I believe Israel has the right to exist?"@@Sdority905

[@chenzen1578]

But it wasn't so stop spreading fake news an rumours.

[@itako09able]

That would be a fantastic answer thank you

[@chip877]

She thought she was slick, all she did was clearly expose her deep prejudice !!!

[@claesyoungberg1695]

Keep running with your own personal confirmation biases!

[@Seafire-gy2hs]

It's like questioning organized crime figures. Don't expect to get any truth or straight answers out of any of them.

[@conor7179]

A bit like the US and Israeli governments, full of lies Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@landsea7332]

Notice this is occurring at Ivy League and other private Elitist Universities ? They receive millions and millions each year in " donations " , yet are epicenters for "woke studies " and are leading the attack on Enlightenment values . Its actually the ultra wealthy elitists who have been using identity politics and the language of "progressivity " to empower the radical left wing woke nutters . They are doing this as a method staying in power , yet it provides an excuse to rule by authoritarianism .

[@elifas1952]

WHAT AN ANALOGY

[@eldiabloblanco879]

Or politicians.

[@aar498]

It is not about telling truth or lies. Those panels have always been a circus. The unspoken etiquette is to tell what the congressmen want to hear.

[@lynx141]

These Presidents prove that you can find dumb people in smart places.

[@papinl5938]

Are sure about that? If these Presidents are "dump" as you said then American educational system and by extension Americans educated by these institutions are dump.

[@DrGeorgeAntonios]

Ecclesiastes 3:16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

[@marktrain9498]

Thanks to affirmative action and corrupt foreign "donations".

[@TheMagicAround]

Oh, they are not dumb at all. They are exploiting those woke narrative to their own good brilliantly! Have 0 morals? sure! dumb? no way! They are calm and collected. They spill they "answers" without answering anything - with great choice of words and confidence. These are not just woke crowd, who would scream and demand something stupid. They are the one of main leaches, the big bosses.

[@MrLarossi]

she would be smart to say pro Israel statements right?

[@This-time-more-than-ever]

Lets be honest: Teachers teach hate thru acceptance of hatred.

[@brigittemcdonough2385]

teachers use facts to support hate or dislike because of their own ignorance of the facts.

[@sajjadulbarishupto5510]

Doesn’t the state of Palestine have the right to exist? Don't Palestinians have the right to defend themself?

[@abnett41]

​@@sajjadulbarishupto5510at least 5 times Arabs were offered their own country but they refused every time.

[@saved217]

Jesus loves you More? More than What?

[@jasonweber5891]

@@sajjadulbarishupto5510 Again, what are they protecting themselves from?

[@davidbeckenbaugh9598]

More than 40 years ago, I was in high school and our teachers were in citizenship went to great lengths to get both sides of whatever we were debating. They never gave anything away as far as what their personal politics were. We all considered Mr Johnson and Mr McKagan to be two of the finest teachers we ever had. This world would be blessed to have a few thousand more just like them. These leaders? How do we call them 'leaders' when they refuse to discipline teachers that break every aspect of the word 'inclusive'?

[@RolfCurtis]

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[@andylewis7360]

Don’t suppose it has anything to do with the fact that Mr Johnson and Mr McKagan were men. As opposed to these women, who are doing immeasurable damage to the entire Western World with their political dogma.

[@antmothirteen6540]

40 yrs ago . Baltimore public schools were terrible. You were protecting your life and your possessions more than learning

[@paulj6805]

Your logic is contradictory. How can teachers "get both sides of whatever you are debating" without allowing for free speech?

[@andylewis7360]

@@paulj6805 He’s talking about teachers 40 years ago. Might be an idea to read a comment twice before concluding that it’s self-contradictory

[@ShacharOz]

Thank you Virginia for putting the harsh questions in the way that the leaders do not have a chance to not follow your leadership.

[@andrewc2491]

Thank you Sharchar for making that such a clear statement, lol. I feel like I need a calculator to decipher it...and after studying your double negative with a microscope...I AGREE! (Because nobody doesn't like Sara Lee, lol)

[@asiimwemorris6645]

😂😂

[@tonyborelli.]

down South we call that type of lady a steel magnolia

[@tiftyme]

@@andrewc2491is it “nobody does it like Sara Lee” or nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee?

[@AuntieMamie]

I love Ms Fox’s use of the word moral rot.

[@musicman1770]

If there’s no accountability there will never be responsibility.

[@oldsalt8011]

Behavior Rewarded is Behavior Repeated, good or bad Behavior.

[@quartzcrystal713]

Yes. Hold Israeli occupation and settlers violence accountable. Gaza is no different from the Warsaw ghetto, it’s a concentration camp that’s being bombed 24/7.

[@oldsalt8011]

@@quartzcrystal713 Hamas cowards killed Hippies and Homeowners so what have you say to that?

[@TheBarbahaba]

@@quartzcrystal713 you know gaza isnt on lockdown for no reason and neither is it bombed for no reason just giving partial facts wont get us nowhere so either you are a troll or just a hypocrite you choose

[@sudeshramdhanie6216]

@musicman1770, Exactly as is happening in Palestine!

[@everclear420]

They all dodged the question. Israel has the right to exist, but as a Jewish state? None of them could answer that one.

[@vitravaah2527]

Huh! COme on...these students go crazy because of the hypocrisy of the US and it's leaders. Nothing to do with Jewish hate. The US support genocide in GAZA, that's simple and these students know the truth. You cannot be the leader of the free world and support genocide created by your own lackey. You cannot call out other nations for creating genocide while you create one and call it self defend. You cannot keep killing the innocent just so you might be able to get one terrorist. That's not how the leader of the free world should be doing.

[@dubrulphilippe3815]

What is your definition of a jew?

[@deborahdills4670]

@@dubrulphilippe3815 A Jew is some not only of the Jewish faith but also as an ethnicity. For me, I was born to a French Jew from Strasbourg, My DNA also states I am Jewish. I follow Jewish teaching and the laws of Moses.

[@deficrypto1234]

No. No state has a 'right' to exist. No such provision exists in international law. States come and go.

[@zarathustrasserpent1850]

@@dubrulphilippe3815 The Jews are a nation

[@kristenherndon8250]

This has been shocking and scary! These kids are brainwashed! Fire their leaders!

[@dreamcatcher987]

But college students are not considered kids.

[@tislam2407]

So is it only other people's kids who went to ivy league universities are brainwashed, and your kids are fine?

[@friendship9904]

USA and western Europe school kids and colleagues have been brainwashed by politicians and the rich people

[@nmg1909]

They are glorified grown men and women who think they are educated people from ivy schools but don't know the root cause of Israel-Palestine conflicts, nor do they know historical attachment to their territories except ferry tales being told them.

[@YallaMiami]

My answer would’ve been for the Israel existing question “it’s not your F***** problem if I think Israel has the right to exist or it doesn’t, we in the United States of America not Israel” And no Israel doesn’t have the right to exist as an Apartheid state and occupation of the indigenous people. It’s a state that was established on massacres and stealing lands

[@THOMMGB]

Here is a perfect example where the words of the university presidents don't match their actions.

[@charlieruns7953]

If a student of the university was under investigation, they would NEVER put up with evasive answers to questions like they do here.

[@sinepari9160]

They've rescinded numerous offers to attend their schools based on something that someone said online without the benefit of an 'investigation'. Free speech is fine as long as it fits their agenda, otherwise you get cancelled.

[@Panzerfaust-ex9fm]

Waffen ss trah people

[@tislam2407]

Maybe try asking them an honest question, like is it ok to want an end to an apartheid system (like south africa 40 years ago, for example) and wish for freedom of an oppressed and dispossessed people, wherever in the world they are?

[@mh-bl3rx]

All 3 are presidents of top institutions and that speaks volumes of their intelligence.The fact that all 3 academics expressed similar defense of their actions and based on that consensus actually implies that there is a higher probability that they are correct rather than the interrogator

[@sinepari9160]

@@mh-bl3rx All three expressed NOTHING, that's the problem. If they had answered similar questions upon intake to these institutions they would have been denied entry.

[@SG-mf5nd]

Hate is not uncommon there. I went to Harvard. They hate in all kinds of ways, too many of the students. They're arrogant, they're braggarts, they're opinionated, they're inculcated, they're loaded with hate. too many of them. They're just a slice of the larger world- same egoism.

[@ternyatabohong]

They are islam teacher..just it

[@davidradovsky5354]

They are much worse than the rest of the country

[@miav7160]

Agreed!!!?

[@vickieterry888]

I would not doubt that one bit!

[@Violet_Lotus_]

It starts in the high schools and maybe even before that. There's a culture of bullying that is not discouraged in public schools.

[@sarahal-sadi7921]

Do you believe Palestinians have a right to exist? FREE PALESTINE

[@Mark-yb1sp]

Ms Fox basically kicked ass before she even started. 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@BillFotsch]

Note that none of the University presidents addressed the foundation of the cultural rot. They are responsible for the cultural rot, so of course they dodged answering the question.

[@gerryc2851]

the USA has been decomposing culturally since the 50’s led by the morally bankrupt ruling class; it’s a breath of fresh air that some students have the guts to call a genocide a genocide and war crimes war crimes if a segment of the student population feels threatened for supporting war crimes and genocide so be it

[@teenahweenah2608]

The first ever World Conference against Racism was held in Durban, South Africa, in September 1-8, 2001. The World Conference on Racism was critical of ISRAEL. Participants at the World Conference Against Racism equated ZIONISM with RACISM. The terror attacks occurred 3 days later in New York, New York.

[@vitravaah2527]

YES, YOU WANT FREEDOM OF SPEECH. YOU MUST ALSO ACCEPT ALL PEOPLE'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH. NOT JUST YOUR OWN.

[@MisfitPhotographer]

@@vitravaah2527 Calling for murder isn't free speech

[@mynameis5427]

That would require also a discussion about countless other issues that we allow to perpetuate on college campuses. Drug abuse, partying, sexual misconduct, lack of a backbone concerning social sciences, etc. The irony is that the "rot" is a function of the behavior of students outside of the classroom and from within the least important classes (social "sciences").

[@vladimirputindreadlockrast7725]

It takes balls to be a university president. You have to stand up for what's right, not what's popular. I see no balls on that panel.

[@francopasta3704]

Literally…

[@lillypoppy180]

She's got balls! Everyone is sick of Jews thinking they're victims while committing ACTUAL genocide

[@antidote7]

They are standing for freedom of speech.

[@vladimirputindreadlockrast812]

@@antidote7 If she's standing up for free speech, she's free to say genocide of Jews is wrong. She doesn't. She could say both, that they are free to criticize Israel, but she is against Hamas. Instead, she panders. That is not balls.

[@navy_flyer2331]

Free speech isn't defending calls for genocide. That's called incitement and hate speech. Also, free speech is a protection from the government, not from a private university.

[@angelalink3863]

Everyone has the right to exist but everyone does not have the right to terrorize anyone in their own home.

[@Less1leg2]

I nearly choked when the Harvard University President said she encourages open discussion. Really? She honestly said that. Now, Madame President, explain to me about open discourse of discussion when a "conservative" minded person can speak on Campus. Can a conservative Ben Shapiro speak freely on Campus? What about a host of other "conservative" speakers speak on campus without threats, without protesters, without having to provide private security? I find her comments laughable. The Muslim Brotherhood is well organized and even more financed to run protests on campus. It doesn't take much higher learning to know the words of the Muslim Brotherhood Manifesto. It's quite clear the intent of the Muslim Brotherhood and its associate members.

[@monotech20.14]

Conservatives have spoke and still do at Harvard. No matter what Charlie Kirk tells you. Also you don't a right to speak a college or university.

[@susansourby5234]

I wonder if Harvard has a "right" to exist.

[@cheekymeeky1813]

Harvard is dead last one FIRE's list of free speech. They are the ones actively go against open discussion.

[@M4tchStickGirl]

Protesting is a right, no? That’s what the US represents

[@NickWeissMusic]

@@monotech20.14name some high profile conservatives that have spoken there recently, I’d like to know more about this.

[@sarahofer4368]

How about prioritizing tolerance and inclusion? Teaching non-violence? Lecturing against terrorism?

[@fredericadda]

They prioritize tolerance and inclusion... except if you're a Jew. They praise non-violence... except if you're a Jew. They condemn terror and rapes... except if they're committed on Jews.

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: - If a Israel PM/Govt in 2019 - Publicly promoted funding Hamas - To avoid 2 State Solution - If a Media Censors that news - Same as Nazi Media disinformation,no?

[@NickWeissMusic]

Hahahahaha! You’re funny, leftists don’t do anything they preach, we all know that. Bahahaha!!!

[@GaranRodgersIJSAF]

I believe that tolerance and inclusion is exactly how we got here

[@tommack9395]

@@GaranRodgersIJSAF No not all all, The very same people (administrators and educators) speaking about how tolerant and inclusive they are happen to be the least tolerant and inclusive when viewpoints, philosophical ideas and freedom to express them are concerned. The issue is they do not want tolerance and inclusion, they want to impose their own agendas, control thoughts, ideas and what can be spoken.

[@yanivsab7]

The three presidents must resign after the disgraceful show they gave.

[@debbiejansen1178]

When half of Congress resigns because of their disgraceful shows(blatant racism for one ) that we constantly have to witness, then I'll be in agreement.

[@PA-lf8sd]

@@debbiejansen1178So you're happy for them to remain? They're clearly not fit for purpose but you'd have them stay and seep their poison into society, and all because other sources of poison exist...? "We shouldn't improve one area of society because another, totally unrelated, area of society is bad" Let's either get rid of all that's bad all at the same time, or keep everything that's crap...? That's a mindless position to take🙄

[@itoldunot2fuckwithme]

Can anyone even imagine these presidents called to congress for repeatedly having students dressed in sheets marching around campus chanting demands for a "coast to coast all white & heterosexual America"?

[@dennisr1683]

Many decades ago when I went to college, educators stepped in when groups of students got into heated arguments and turned the dispute into a teachable moment. They would turn near riots into a debate forum where both sides had a chance to voice their position. These clowns have no clue how to run a university.

[@mcleanblades9234]

where was this?

[@anthonyreed480]

Please never say "teachable moment" - it can cause serious spinal injuries from uncontrollable cringe-response.

[@logansfury]

Isn't it unbelievable how much this country has decayed?

[@Foxtrotwilconiner1969]

Three sides to every story yours, theirs , and what it really is . Both sides have valid points just ego at the end that destroys the story

[@dennisr1683]

You're right. In fact, it was much more than a moment, more like a five hour lesson in civil discourse. @@anthonyreed480

[@johnholliday5874]

"Anti-Semitisism has no place at Harvard. " WELL APPARENTLY IT DOES!

[@madmelwood3778]

Noooo..it depends on the context 😂😂😂

[@jasonweber5891]

For all the Harvard condemns hate etc., apparently the students don't feel the same way. So, who's running the institution? The students?

[@md.wahidulislam7800]

What about Islamophobia? Should it exist?

[@macnab8857]

Thousands have lost their jobs, she’s lucky if she can keep hers after this

[@thepax2621]

Nah, only if it "...crosses into conduct..." 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

[@justme.9711]

PLEASE pay very careful attention to whoever employs her next.

[@InsightsAbroad]

This question (statement) by Foxx is radically inappropriate and offensive.

[@AndyA1234]

How many right wing (even liberal) speakers have been de-platformed at these "free speech" universities?

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

they rarely ask that question during the full hearing. it's not just abt antisemitism but the systematic censorship of conservative voices

[@cathjones4899]

You’re right, none

[@clarkecorvo2692]

@@cathjones4899 it was a question, not a statement. at least you tried, karen.

[@howardmenkes2926]

Me, for one!

[@cathjones4899]

@@clarkecorvo2692 the US is replete with Conservative thinking, it dominates every discourse. Can you really claim to be being shut down whilst using a megaphone on your many platforms?

[@genelegate1308]

They’re all against it yet it persists … smh

[@deeohen8344]

Right? Its like Jack Nicholson and A Few Good Men I give orders. And when I give orders. Men follow them. No questions asked. There are no exceptions. That said, I was sending the guy off the island just in case someone doesn't follow my orders. Hmmmm.

[@mikebryant614]

And literally right in front of their faces, and under their noses. she lied, she isn't "against it" or it wouldn't have been allowed to grow and blossom into the blatant , no fear of any consequences at all shown display that we have recently seen.these students and student groups have been left alone to turn into this while She and the rest of the Harvard staff either did NOTHING to stop it, or actively supported it. There is no other real life way to explain this .

[@Robert_Blair]

@@deeohen8344 An institution of learning and open discourse cannot be managed like a hierarchal military unit. Your analogy is poor and shows a desperate lack of foundational education.

[@rykwon4535]

What do you want them to do? Expel students that are asking for a ceasefire? Break up their protests Kent State-style? It's just a silly college protest. They've always happened and always will. We'll be fine. Besides, most of these kids are just trying to get laid.

[@sajjadulbarishupto5510]

Doesn’t the state of Palestine have the right to exist? Don't Palestinians have the right to defend themself?

[@ItCanChangeYouToo]

Great straightforward question, Ms Foxx - a fellow NC resident

[@benny210169]

These three women are examples of ivory tower owners who are oblivious to the rot below them.

[@snidelywhiplash1888]

They’ve ALL committed perjury. Questions unanswered are questions answered. Taxpayers funds should NEVER go to any of the “higher education institutions”. Holy crap, how far we’ve fallen in education in this country. Frightening, to say the least.

[@kevinedwards7079]

Perjury...break up the word it's bullshit law that will keep the lawyer happy

[@dawnemile7499]

It is frightening. Those faculty and students who ignored actual violence and supported terrorism seem so morally bankrupt that I fear for my future.

[@meni2410]

Perfect answer

[@moonshinesa8234]

@@dawnemile7499You do realise that your fear is offensive to the sensitive souls that don’t care how you feel?

[@chenzen1578]

When you want to point fingers, point them to the right people: the ones who pull money out of public schools. The elite is not uneductad, the rest of America is.

[@richardw3470]

"...intellectual and moral rot?" That's getting to the point. Takes the old foggies to recognize a duck when it quacks.

[@honestdon1772]

There is a New Book on our Congress coming soon, it is called Geriatric Park, starring McConnel, Foxx, and many others.

[@jazura2]

​@@honestdon1772what he meant Sometimes it takes older people to see the bigger picture

[@user-rd9ks8dw8c]

The " rots " is this old woman who preach indirectly support for genocide in Palestine. Freedom of expression is for all including Palestine. Palestine has the full right to exist as it exists for thousands of years, Palestinians are the indigenous people of that land.

[@writereader]

Israel has no rignt to exist on an occupied land.

[@mohitmorris]

"You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter" ~ Nicholas Spark.

[@frankyang5657]

It's ashamed for these principals.

[@Huggybear101]

The rot couldn't be more obvious when you look at and listen to these three.

[@chenzen1578]

Are you taliking about the rot in the GQP?

[@Dr.Gainzzz]

That’s the president of Harvard? Wow our country is a shadow of its former self.

[@funfact8660]

Diversity handout

[@jeffmahoney1271]

I actually went to comment "Thats the president of Harvard?" we are doomed.

[@brianmacgarry157]

What are you saying? You seem to object to the person. Why?

[@Gee-xb7rt]

Have you seen what runs Columbia? Please.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Well they won't be hiring any MAGAs.

[@mason2547]

There's no hearing on Anti-Chinese policy in congress. I wonder why?

[@S_goldman_]

Because they aren't anti Chinese rally being held 😂

[@tonyballerxxxx]

China isn’t currently committing genocide.

[@S_goldman_]

@@tonyballerxxxx neither is israel

[@deniselasalle9545]

Sick of all these hearing with NO results and NO consequences. Just WORTHLESS SPEECHES by politicians and witnesses! Bla bla bla bla bla NO CHANGE!

[@Robert_Blair]

Do you want a free society or one where only you are free? I ask because your vexation is normally followed by fascist ideas which are seldom understood to be fascist by the people saying them.

[@KaliMaaaaa]

Cut off the BILLIONS they get from the government yearly including tax credits and take away their "non profit" status @@sly2772 They are corporations not serving the public but themselves and the agendas of the ruling elites.

[@danelwind2574]

Defund those colleges, period. Donors stop sending them money, parents stop paying the tuition fees (if baby snowflake wants to attend, they have to pay for their own tuition)

[@johnthomas1422]

Roe v Wade was overturned in your lifetime. Equal opportunity has been deemed illegal. Wtf are you on about? These speeches lead to political action in the long run. Maybe it's your nappy time and you are cranky. Or maybe politics is not for you.

[@disruptive_innovator]

A very important question to ask. Thank you Rep. Foxx.

[@underground9560]

I stand for Palestine 🇵🇸

[@disruptive_innovator]

@@underground9560 what's palestine exactly? you mean the Roman occupied Israel Kingdom that was renamed to a persian-esque name to spite the jews and take their land and holy sites because jews were uprising against Roman occupation? Do you mean that same land that was renamed Jordan by the British? Is that the spot you are talking about? The land with Judea and Jerusalem in it that has been home to jews for thousands of years? Is that the place you are talking about? God Bless Israel, I hope they never let their land get overrun by barbarians again. 🇮🇱 (and it looks like good and solid progress is being made towards that end)

[@Darth1182]

“We all support open discourse so long as conservatives aren’t allowed to discuss”

[@monotech20.14]

Conservatives have spoke and still do at Harvard. No matter what Charlie Kirk tells you. Also you don't a right to speak a college or university.

[@SillyGrandma99]

There's a difference between opinion & false statements, as well as a difference between opinion & violence.

[@expendablejoe8251]

💯

[@Robert_Blair]

On the contrary, it is a golden age of open discourse for conservatives on college campuses. The problem is that conservatives have very little value to add to the culture. Even so, they press on.

[@petermcculloch4933]

Conservatives are by nature conservative and therefore are not advantageous to education, which is about development, improvement, learning, challenging, striving.

[@malebovinemanure]

"Do you believe that Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish nation?" That was the question. Every one of them answered "I believe that Israel has the right to exist'. Not one of them said "As a Jewish nation". Why were they allowed to get away with that?

[@sarahm9723]

As you posted as in your comment here, all three refused to say, "as a Jewish nation." They also refused to explain how their universities got so infected with something as vile as the antisemitism moral rot. I'm female, but I have been observing very closely how the outrageously excessive push to hire females into high positions, in particular female leftists, keeps proving itself time and time again to be a perfect formula for growing hatred, and one guaranteed to cause the failure of any institution or country. Why hiring female leftists often has the effect of creating hate-filled environments like these, is a question I don't have the answer to, but is disturbing and merits looking into.

[@jimdigriz2923]

Because that's how to play the game of Politics. Agreeing to something without actually agreeing to anything.

[@donaldobrien9171]

Because theocracy is bad

[@zeroxception]

ask yourself "Do you believe the United states has the right to exist as a jewish, muslim, hindu, protestant, catholic, mormon, baptist, quaker, sikh, buddhist, methodist Nation"? Did that question seem stupid?

[@deborahdills4670]

The question to her then should have been " what would you do if people chanted since she is African American then she should go back to Africa" How would she react then?

[@Janet_Airlines802]

The lady with that contraption on her face 😂in the opening. They will wear a mask in 3024.

[@patrickmacdonald5539]

Magill's Duper's Delight with her smirk is one of the most obvious examples of Duper's Delight I have ever seen in my life

[@judithmiller7003]

It truly amazes me how easy it is for most witnesses to lie 😢

[@anon7641]

Tru😢! Shocking! Absolutely shocking they are allowed to get away with this

[@abrahamrashid]

Ask Joe what he knows about lies 😢

[@oliverrichie9921]

They scare losing their chair.

[@dianamechoulam4161]

They sounded miserable indeed, huh?

[@abrahamrashid]

@@dianamechoulam4161 So true. We all know who controls our country 🥲

[@watchman2263]

Fact is all these universities are obsessed with all forms of diversity except political. In this case there is absolute conformity, N Korean style.

[@chenzen1578]

North Korean? So they have to worship a dictatorand vote for one party? They do have to learn akkordeon? please stop empbarrassing yourself.

[@InsightsAbroad]

This 'hearing' is so reminiscent of McCarthy

[@AristophanesNow]

Where are the Congressional hearings on Anti-Americanism, hatred toward Whites, and anti-Westernsim that has been occurring on college campuses for the past 50 years?

[@beetalius]

"Our faculty are hired for their brilliance" which is why a panel of university presidents is exclusively progressive women.

[@christerry1773]

Imagine they're opinion if this was some racist act? In particular of the black community. That's what's so aggregating.

[@sajjadulbarishupto5510]

Doesn’t the state of Palestine have the right to exist? Don't Palestinians have the right to defend themself?

[@DemPilafian]

The odds of both the President and Vice President of the U.S. being White males by chance is less than 25%. The odds of all administrations before Obama being White males is less than 1 trillionth of 1 trillionth (1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000). In other words, White males were not selected by chance. The system specifically selected, either by explicit rule or implicit rule, only White males. Being a White male was literally a criteria, and that criteria is still partially in place. *Do you have outrage at that criteria or is your outrage ONLY when White males do not get favorable treatment?*

[@hilarymiseroy]

@@sajjadulbarishupto5510 The answer to both is yes although Palestine is a region that has never been a state. Does Israel have the right to defend itself against groups who deny their right to exist?

[@kappy242424]

Ask the rest of the surrounding Muslim countries if they want anything to do with a group of fools that call themselves Palestinians.

[@freedomofspeech75]

they are playing a mind game !

[@SapphireKnightofWhiteLotusCity]

Literally a few days ago these same people couldn't give straight forward answers... It's crazy how fast people change their tune once their income is at risk

[@ironbridge2451]

It can only be said that it "has no place" if their policy takes reasonable steps to stop it.

[@sendryuti596]

So easy to say ' has no place ' she sure of her words

[@mya4126]

To stop what exactly?😅

[@hannachumakova1086]

So they granted Israel the right to exist? Does that mean the professor that was exhilarated on Oct 7 will now be fired?

[@christerry1773]

well that's different of course. You see, it doesn't count if it's about jews. Racism in any other context and just imagine the outrage.

[@dennisheaverlo228]

@@christerry1773 Ask any goyim you happen to meet, who's the best tyrant and I would bet you get it wrong

[@sajjadulbarishupto5510]

Doesn’t the state of Palestine have the right to exist? Don't Palestinians have the right to defend themself?

[@ghostlightdc]

​@@sajjadulbarishupto5510It would if the leadership of Palestine would accept a peace deal and use the billions of dollars in international aid to build a viable state rather than for rockets and tunnels.

[@afisecurity4040]

That is a tired trope of a response..like people can't read for themselves. we know social stratification and Jim crow politics when we see it...but keep trying@@ghostlightdc

[@goldenrakelawncare6564]

The lady in the back with the mask 🤣

[@mr.mediocregamer9653]

She's wearing it because the old biddy sitting beside her has been talking with a full diaper for over an hour in the heat.

[@kelleydavis1228]

MIT throws their support by the $$$$ not the people.

[@MrKDOG1980]

A degree from any of these colleges must not be worth much these days..

[@4kwalkingtravel576]

Wow for the sake of Israel you want to cancel best universities in the world 😅😅

[@garethbarnes3680]

If they are all.against it... how comes it happened atnearly every single campus

[@dutube99]

because they are weak

[@sajjadulbarishupto5510]

Doesn’t the state of Palestine have the right to exist? Don't Palestinians have the right to defend themself?

[@garethbarnes3680]

@sajjadulbarishupto5510 you wanted Hamas...you got Hamas. They caused this not israeli

[@narkoza4]

​@@sajjadulbarishupto5510if by existing and defending it self by attacking Israel then no

[@chenzen1578]

Freedom of speach.

[@kristenherndon8250]

Sad and scary this is America today😢😢😢

[@ooDirtyMickoo]

What is scary?

[@PlankManAndBigOwl]

The Humpty Dance guy got a gig at Harvard. Good for him.

[@62catamount]

"Allow open discourse at Harvard." Unless you have an opposing view.

[@MCBRUCE76]

I don't believe a word said by these criminals disguised as educators.

[@baibai3175]

yes, that's what you believe. It doesn't prove these educators are criminal.

[@MCBRUCE76]

@@baibai3175 Yeah, after all that has happened, you must be as delusional as they are.

[@sarov7658]

​@@baibai3175haha talk about yourself NPC

[@YallaMiami]

My answer would’ve been for the Israel existing question “it’s not your F***** problem if I think Israel has the right to exist or it doesn’t, we in the United States of America not Israel” And no Israel doesn’t have the right to exist as an Apartheid state and occupation of the indigenous people. It’s a state that was established on massacres and stealing lands

[@nightstalker6444]

The quality of people in high places in this country is at an all-time low and getting lower, the united States of America is circling the drain,

[@nightwolf654]

AND WHY DON'T WE CONDEMN WHEN WHEN SOMEONE SAYS ANTI-PALESTINIANS CHANTS.

[@jimkennedy4509]

Remember Harvard scored LAST on free speech by FIRE's evaluation of over 240 univ

[@elefnishikot]

They didn't say "Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish State." They said Israel has the right to exist. Which is quite different as they know.

[@rnmisrahi]

EXACTLY. That’s the trick

[@abrahamrashid]

It’s an occupying military force

[@Newicked]

@@abrahamrashid Nope, it's just a country, and quite a successful one at that.

[@Jessicaro]

yes because israel is an occupying force.

[@TheFailMistress]

@@Newickedbecause we single handedly fund them 😂

[@cmc1798]

I graduated from Cornell years ago. I stopped donating some time ago when I realised that my values are no longer represented by the institution. STOP donating blindly.

[@lecco666]

Those oversized, heavy-framed glasses are an early warning sign.

[@josephbeaton6546]

She looks like the host of “Yo Gabba Gabba”.

[@tashikoweinstein435]

It is not just about feeling safe, it is also about feeling respected, understood and having the ability to precipitate in Jewish Life on campus without worrying about anti-Semitism! As a Jew, I had to deal with anti-Semitism consistently while on college campus long before Oct 7th!!

[@vitravaah2527]

Ok. so you should know exactly what blacks, Asian and Muslins are feeling. But do you really know the different between a jew and a white person? I can't tell at all. I've lived my live for 50yrs now and I have not heard of Anti-Semitism. Never know what that word mean. I only know of racism, not anti-semitism. Is this a new word?

[@derek89273]

@@0verride881well she’s not attacking Muslim’s on the street or a campus. Probably not beheading children or putting them in ovens. There’s that’s so she’s good.

[@pogo1140]

@@derek89273 and in the West Bank, Palestinians were murdered by Jewish Settlers as they were taking part in a funeral procession of a young man who had been murdered by the same Jewish Settlers. In the US 3 Palestinian men were shot in Virginia, a 6yr old Palestinian American was stabbed 26 times by his family's landlord

[@oronjoffe]

@@0verride881I dare say he’s comparing his experience with that of other Americans. Why should he compare his life to that of people in other parts of the world?

[@Sa.r.a.h]

​@@derek89273 Still pushing the Israeli lies about beheaded babies and babies in oven?

[@markdaigle9756]

Intellectual and moral rot well said

[@peterrmansii]

The lady from Harvard arguably did the worst job at this hearing but we all know her job is safe.

[@hashfors]

New classes incoming, “how to loose half of all your funding in a single sentence 101.” It’s a very popular class

[@kurteichmiller7135]

Harvard’s President’s own comments contradicts itself!

[@sarahb4484]

I agree and this is calls hypocrisy!

[@believeit1234]

These three female presidents are the poster girls for diversity hires.

[@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122]

@@sarahb4484 welcome to corporate doublespeak answer. Once you notice it, you will see it everywhere.

[@Kangarooo5]

@@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122 what did they say?

[@Kangarooo5]

where? how? what seconds?

[@russs3001]

The question was, "How did the college campuses get there?" So, none of the presidents of the respective colleges answered the question. Wow.

[@_Alva]

3:02 Ms. Magill: “I would venture an answer, Chairwoman Fox, that antisemitism has a role in the broader society, and that’s what we’re seeing happening in society and on our campuses.” Essentially, the campuses aren’t bubbles. They’re not separate from society, they’re apart of it and influenced by it.

[@user-te3qm5mv6r]

many of them were endowed by slave holders.

[@justme.9711]

They will never truely face or correct the EVIL OF THEIR SOULS. They have an evil heart and an evil mind.

[@markf6829]

Their answers were evasive, and unconvincing. Lay charges against them for promoting and encouraging hate speech. It's a crime.

[@infantryattacks]

Unless Congress strips Harvard of Federal funding, there will be no consequences for its horrific actions.

[@josipag2185]

​@@Ramon-.170 Your moral is twisted. This happens when you start the war you can't win and you use civilians and you think you are martyrs if you serve terrorist organization.

[@infiniterer287]

​@@josipag2185 The war started in 1948, are you ignorant to the history of the region? 🤨

[@rjsolomon7094]

@@infiniterer287war started well before 1948 friend. And if u buy the narrative that it was all cupcakes and rainbows between Palestinians and Jews before 1948, I implore you to look into the history of the mass violent uprisings that are recorded in newspapers from the time.

[@ManMuffinEater]

@@infiniterer287 Yes, and the Palestinians lost that war as well as the subsequent conflicts in 1956, 1967, and following. The two state solution is the only one in which the Palestinian people have a real prospect for national governance; the spoiler has always been resistance on either side to making that solution a reality. It took Arafat nearly his entire life to come around to supporting it, and even then the PA has shown itself more interested in retaining its financial plums from Western NGOs than actually winning over a divided electorate. Meanwhile, Israel's turn to belligerent right-wing policies under Prime Minister Sharon (with the Bush administration's go ahead) has only exacerbated the issue. Both sides are and have been increasingly unwilling to cooperate; Hamas wants all Israeli Jews dead while Netanyahu and the Likud-Tkuma coalition government want a 'Greater Israel'. None of this, however, takes away from the fact that it was Hamas that struck first and broke the peace; resorting to the brutal massacre of unarmed civilians so as to provoke conflict. In this instance, Israel has every right to defend itself and its people. And whatever public goodwill existed for the Palestinians will evaporate because of their sympathizers' uncompromising stance in justifying terrorist actions and employing genocidal rhetoric as a legitimate way to achieve political ends. The irony is that the Palestinians' own worst enemy is their leadership.

[@davidalenick1246]

@@infiniterer287there were certainly conflicts before then but please remind us who started it then?

[@alexjudson9681]

They all say not my fault, not to blame. No action taken so it can happen again. Action speaks louder than words

[@wave641]

this woman is 81 years old born during ww2, the geritocracy is insane, we need to fix this.

[@yasminkausar5186]

Do these people ever have any other question???...Its sickening!!!

[@ruqya9994]

I had high opinions about Harvard and MIT …now I just wish that such institutions should never exist if their whole existence isn’t about providing education and supporting truth but only to support evil politics

[@Nightis81]

Truth brother.

[@vermintky]

We will not be contributing, as alumni, to MIT any longer. ANOTHER donor bites the DUST.

[@user-ii8xl2zu7z]

👏👏👏

[@michaelcurtin39]

Truth indeed. It can’t be ignored that these immensely powerful institutions are heavily funded and propagandise with ease. They are the elites of the ‘system’. MIT and geo engineering are the instigators of the weather ‘events’ attributed to climate BS. PR manufacturing approved by government.

[@haveaseatplease]

Exactly! Only the chosen people should be allowed to sponsor elite US universities (like Ross Stevens, who is threatening to withdraw his $100 million sponsoring from Penn). Quid Pro Quo of course. As Bill Ackman said: "America’s elite educational institutions are ready for the full activist-investor treatment."

[@matt4887]

Harvard has one of the worst free speech rankings

[@wbh3952]

they are way too smart to answer anything but "oh yes of course" to that question regardless of their real opinion. but their answer is now part of public record that can be used against them later.

[@vincentkirby1406]

What would the president of Harvard say if those calls for the deaths of Jews, were instead a call for the deaths of Black People? Would she then say it's a matter of "Context"?

[@CoenBijpost]

They absolutely did not like having to answer that question this forthrightly. I wonder if they’ll survive the next day at their “diverse” institutions. I wonder too how often a Trump presidency is ever honestly spoken about in any classes, by any professors on their universities. These people are all “diverse” until you don’t think like them…

[@diandenmark]

None of the three said that they believe Israel has the right to exist ***as a Jewish nation***. They all stopped after exist.

[@kevinjames3155]

What’s the difference in saying “Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish nation” as compared to “Israel has a right to exist”??? Genuinely interested in knowing

[@sugarat5555]

I guess they are against the existence of theocratic ethnostates?

[@RachelReiss]

@@kevinjames3155 They are implying that Israel has a right to exist--AS AN ARAB STATE.

[@kevinjames3155]

@@RachelReiss ok got it, thanks

[@kevinjames3155]

Why is KZbin censoring my comments? lol, guess I know who the terrorists are in this war! I.s.r.a.e.l.

[@susiekopp3578]

I and my husband feel not very safe neither comfortable.

[@disruptive_innovator]

They keep hiding behind "targeting any individual student". Why exactly is it ok once the target widens to MANY individual students?

[@jeffsmith7016]

The Peter Piccollo School of Hair Design is now officially ranked higher as a prestigious institution of higher learning than that of lowly Harvard. Time for Harvard to take the 12 steps.

[@sajjadulbarishupto5510]

Doesn’t the state of Palestine have the right to exist? Don't Palestinians have the right to defend themself?

[@fourtradestobill6571]

Then send your kids and their kids to the PP School of Hair Design. Critique of Israel is not a sin.

[@magahatatheist1838]

@@sajjadulbarishupto5510Did Jordan or the Ottoman Empire think so when they occupied the land ? How many times was a two state solution offered and turned down by Muslims even when Israel was willing to release large amounts of territory ? How many times must Israel win a defensive war and then give up land in hope of peace but get betrayed every time ?

[@kinziek3190]

@@fourtradestobill6571 Critique of Israel in one thing and should be treated as Free Speech. We are talking about Jewish students being harassed, someone bringing a bull horn into class to shout anti-Jewish rhetoric, etc. Keep it out of the class rooms and off campus.

[@magahatatheist1838]

@@fourtradestobill6571Neither is criticism of Hamas or Islam.

[@jaystutler1665]

Yet they DO NOTHING to STOP IT.

[@mdtauhid527]

being anti Israeli does not mean being anti-semitic

[@habmann]

​@mdtauhid527 Right and being anti-zionist doesn't make you antisemitic. Arabs are Semites too!

[@enzovictorio1304]

More like talking about Israeli violence doesn’t make one antisemitic… it’s the facts… and students will protest.

[@funvideoperson5268]

The thing is, about "anti-Israel is not anti-Semitism" -- try saying that to another country and see how that works with them---oh, I'm not anti-Italian, just anti-Italy, or, oh, I'm not anti-Spanish, just anti-Spain, etc. Do you think those folks will believe that you don't hate the people, too? Of course not, and Jewish folks don't believe it either, especially in light the rise in anti-Semitic acts against Jews all over the world.

[@lovly2cu725]

it is a hearing, then they decide if DOJ can do anything

[@husainjam]

Comments dont match whats in the video. What am i missing here?

[@EPmessi9800]

We are all victims of the world and humanity

[@datboii3738]

people really siding with hamas terrorist is crazy…

[@toothbrushfromnisemonogatari]

No more crazy than those siding with the IDF terrorists.

[@joannegreen9579]

It’s called university psychosis!

[@nomahnhumayun5508]

No one is siding with Hamas. I think people are shocked that till date Israel has been given $370 billion worth of aid and they are blanket killing!

[@dmf30]

Interesting that the question was "does israel have the right to exist AS A JEWISH nation." However all the university presidents said that Israel has the right to exist but did not qualify or condition that. Therefore, Israel might exist but think about a scenario whereby ISrael is a nation that is now a Palestilnian state. That would be conceivable given their answers and therefore i question their real answer. Just saying as i have heard from different Palestinian groups that Israel could exist but not as a Jewish state . Interesting indeed.

[@vitravaah2527]

Israel does have the right to exist as any state they want....as long as they also allow the palestinian to live in their own state as they want. Israel is an occupier, imagine your neighbor taking over your house and won't allow you to go anywhere, do anything without their permission. What would you do? I also remember white people telling black people that they cannot be free and that they can only be slaves to their white masters. INTERESTING INDEED.

[@wmiller1000]

I find it ironic that there are 22 Muslim nations on this planet, most of which incorporate Islamic law principles and not not very democratic, but some folks only want to jab their finger at the sole Jewish nation, one that is a parliamentary democracy.

[@quartzcrystal713]

Does it? It’s an ethnocratic state build from European guilt. Why didn’t we give them part of Germany? I don’t recall the Middle East starting a holocaust.

[@thedarkness2635]

​@@wmiller1000Indonesia is Muslim and has been democratically existing for decades. The real joke is that you believe Israel to espouse aspects of democracy, you probably believe America is democratic too What a joke

[@Abfitaaz]

Palestine has right to exist too.

[@thepianoroommusic]

Alumni’s pull your money, take away their funding. There is no more education going on at these institutions

[@itsoutahere]

So the evil do evil things, and then punish those who refute it !

[@9davidlong]

Harvard needs qualified leadership.

[@stevetaylor8298]

We all know what you mean, but there is no freedom of speech.

[@Thoughtsbyme-ts4jz]

Interesting how the only non white person is the unqualified person according to you. Why

[@FatxiyaCabsiiyeChannel]

America needs to be more free. This is disgusting!

[@ziggyjohnston5302]

President gay

[@sabrinatai31]

​@@ziggyjohnston5302 has what to do with her job ?

[@Aussie-Mocha]

So glad to hear this ! Good on her for asking the question.

[@Nightis81]

Glad for her asking but getting only lies answered back?

[@Aussie-Mocha]

@@Nightis81 maybe but the answers are learned and calculated in order to solely represent the university from a neutral standpoint. Not admitting or denying anything. My wife worked in universities for many years. The language (lawyers speak)is the same across the board. These universities know they have internal problems. Could be a group of influencers among students, members of senior lecturers or even administrators staff. Probably losing sleep over it because it’s a difficult issue to fix overnight. It’s fair to say that the western society collectively has a big problem where foreign governments have used our multinational system humanitarianism and capitalism against us to destabilise us. While we seek to encourage democracy, they seek to undermine and destroy it as we fight over strategic geopolitical interests and resources all while facing population and demographic decline. I hope I’m completely wrong otherwise, “Hold my beer and watch this” because the next few decades could be wild 😥!

[@bobiel9048]

“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.” ― Rosa Luxemburg

[@catlink8998]

Thank you Rep. Virginia Foxx for asking these important questions so clearly that these so-called "leaders of education" had no room to weasel their way out of giving a concise answer for which they can be held accountable.

[@ralphbernhard1757]

Antisemitism is basically the hijacking of the concept of "bigotry". bigotry /ˈbɪɡətri/ noun "obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction, in particular prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group." No single group or political entity should have a "right" to hijack a concept for themselves and the own ingroup _only._ Bigotry is a universal issue.

[@kangarif9166]

👍

[@richardthelionheart5594]

They said nothing. Then compounded their incompetence/malevolence under questioning from Stefanik.

[@daniellizotte6110]

Israel has the right to defend itself, by putting a lot of millitary personnel at the border, and in the whole country, and by putting air defenses at the border, and in the whole country. What Israel does not have the right to do is to turn Gaza into a parking lot and kill over 10 000 civilians even some sources report over 15 000 civilians, in a an offensive war effort that not only will just cause more harm to all the people in the region in general, weather that be jewish or muslim, but that will also just radicalize much more people into joining Hamas, than it will have eliminated Hamas fighters. What israel has done over the last 2 months is undisputably, and unoquivacly wrong, and is not an act of self defense. Saying so is not antisematism, antisemitism is being hateful and bigoted to Jewish people spreading hatred and bigotry to Jewish people. Critisizing a countries goverments actions and their morality is not being bigoted and hateful twoards the Jewish poppulation, these two things have nothing to do with each other. Had it been my country Canada or any other country around the world for that manner I would of said exactly the same thing. What is wrong is wrong, and should not be accepted. I view everyone as people and only people and hold all people to the same standards and expectations, in terms of actions, and the morality of these actions. If a person does not meat these standards,with their actions, I will talk about it, and critisize the person for not meeting these standards, no matter who it is, no matter their race religion, ethnicity etc., as should everyone. What Israel has done over the past two months in Gaza is wrong, and that has nothing to do with the fact its the only Jewish state in the world or house a great amount of the Jewish population, it has to do with its government, and the actions it is committing in Gaza. When I critisize Israel I critisize the governement there, and those in support of these abhorent actions, I do not critisize the poppulation, or the Jewish people, people need to stop conflicting the jewish people with the Israeli government the two are not the same thing. Many Jewish people are in fact pro palestinian, and believe their should be a ceasefire, and deescalation, and measures put in place to bring peace, and even a two state solution. Jewish people and firstly and foremost people with varied opinions and personalities, and beliefs, and passions. Discrimination, hate and bigotry directed twoards Jewish people is wrong, unnacceptable, and morally wrong and condemable in every sense of the word. People should not associate the Jewish people, with the Israeli government, and their supporters, and should not associate the Jewish people to the actions, and attrocities perpatrated, by the Israeli government, and its supporters. Doing so is not only factually incorect, unoquivically and undisputably wrong in every sense of the word. The terrorist attacks committed on October the 7th by Hamas undisputably, and unoquivacly wrong, unnacceptable, completely amoral and condemable in every sense of the word. Unfortunately the actions committed by both Hamas and the Israeli government, fall under the umbrella of war crimes, and terrorism. In both cases. Both Hamas and the Israeli government need to go now, and we need an end to this barbarism on both sides now and peace in the region. Also antisemitism, and islamophobia and hate twoards the jews and/or muslims not only due to this conflict but in general needs to end now, and needs to go. That is the reality of the situation, and that is the truth we should all be supporting.

[@dianeporter7768]

Their jobs are on the line. 🤷‍♀️. They should have took a stand before it come this far 😮

[@Rollergirl1980]

I wish that any Federal funding for any of these institutions be withdrawn. It's shameful.

[@sambo1476]

They dont care anymore about funding..i was shock to watch how the student for the first time supporting palestine..and it getinng bigger every year..i dont think israel will get their support anymore no matter what the israel do to stop this..

[@DG-mk2nr]

Harvard does not need federal funding lmao.

[@Tamayo.Sama2023]

​@@sambo1476so only israel who has right? Not the master land Palestinian?

[@Rollergirl1980]

@@DG-mk2nr they got $3.13 billion from 2018-2022