{"id":2325074,"date":"2024-08-15T12:52:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/out-columbia-president-becomes-latest-college-head-to-resign-after-pro-hamas-protests-swept-campus\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T12:56:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T16:56:32","slug":"out-columbia-president-becomes-latest-college-head-to-resign-after-pro-hamas-protests-swept-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/out-columbia-president-becomes-latest-college-head-to-resign-after-pro-hamas-protests-swept-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Out: Columbia President Becomes Latest College Head to Resign After Pro-Hamas Protests Swept Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fout-columbia-president-becomes-latest-college-head-to-resign-after-pro-hamas-protests-swept-campus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2325074&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>I&#8217;m sorry, but your\u200b request seems to include a mix of HTML, XML, \u2062JavaScript, and content that could\u2062 relate to an actual article or commentary on \u200crecent\u2064 events. 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Please provide more \u200cspecific\u200d instructions so I can assist you better.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s rare that the right and left can come together and agree on something, particularly when it regards Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>But, on Wednesday night, both sides could celebrate a victory: Minouche Shafik is out as the president of Columbia University.<\/p>\n<p>Shafik, who was president of the school for only 13 months, resigned after a series of pro-Gaza protests, which often turned violent, rocked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/columbia-caves-mob-cancels-main-graduation-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/14\/us\/columbia-president-nemat-shafik-resigns.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> noted, Jewish students said they felt unsafe and unsupported, while pro-Hamas protesters were roiled over Shafik&rsquo;s decision to bring in police to break up a violent encampment that had spread out across campus and taken over an academic building, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/education\/columbia-university-president-minouche-shafik-resigns-f683cd80?mod=hp_lead_pos1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This period has taken a considerable toll on my family, as it has for others in our community,&rdquo; she said in her statement.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Over the summer, I have been able to reflect and have decided that my moving on at this point would best enable Columbia to traverse the challenges ahead,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am making this announcement now so that new leadership can be in place before the new term begins.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-university-president-minouche-shafik-resigns-after-far-left-pro-hamas-protests?fbclid=IwY2xjawEqTeNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWts0W0yij6rKYQzJROhALTcqzaXUkSXQ6llaR1GexgV_cFW_B2OZWP2fw_aem_nceFZxrwwbZ-XSan9eG3tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Wire<\/a> reported, House Republican Conference Chairwoman Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-member-top-potential-vp-picks-trump-2024-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elise Stefanik<\/a> of New York &mdash; whose grilling of other major college presidents over their failure to unequivocally say that calling for the genocide of Jews would necessarily be hate speech under their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-district-turns-to-diesel-after-attempt-to-convert-bus-fleet-to-electric-proves-disastrous\/\" title=\"School District Turns to Diesel After Attempt to Convert Bus Fleet to Electric Proves Disastrous\">schools&#038;rsquo<\/a>; codes of conduct &mdash; hailed the decision to resign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As I have said consistently since her catastrophic testimony at the Education and Workforce Committee hearing, Columbia University&rsquo;s President Minouche Shafik&rsquo;s failed presidency was untenable and that is was only a matter of time before her forced resignation,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After failing to protect Jewish students and negotiating with pro Hamas terrorists, this forced resignation is long overdue. We will continue to demand moral clarity, condemnation of antisemitism, protection of Jewish students and faculty, and stronger leadership from American higher education institutions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;&#128680;&#128680; THREE DOWN, so many to go.<\/p>\n<p>As I have said consistently since her catastrophic testimony at the Education and Workforce Committee hearing, Columbia University&rsquo;s President Minouche Shafik&rsquo;s failed presidency was untenable and that is was only a matter of time before her&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliseStefanik\/status\/1823871454531756183?\">August 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While Shafik&nbsp;<em>did&nbsp;<\/em>manage to say that calling for the genocide of an entire people was in fact hate speech during her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/education\/2024\/04\/17\/columbia-antisemitism-minouche-shafik-congress-david-greenwald\/73355246007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testimony<\/a> before Congress, unlike Claudine Gay of Harvard and Liz Magill of the University of Pennsylvania, she didn&rsquo;t exactly provide a blueprint to make Jewish students feel any safer.<\/p>\n<p>When she eventually broke up the encampment, which never should have been allowed to fester in the first place, she earned the enmity of the pro-Hamas contingent and the far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-men-caught-between-russia-and-war-of-attrition-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ukrainian men caught between Russia and war of attrition - Washington Examiner\">left &#038;mdash<\/a>; including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who said that &ldquo;calling in police enforcement on nonviolent demonstrations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-education-lesson-from-covid-lockdowns-school-choice-is-imperative-for-every-child\/\" title=\"The Education Lesson from COVID Lockdowns: School Choice Is Imperative for Every Child\">young students<\/a> on campus is an escalatory, reckless, and dangerous act.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, as people pointed out when she said that in late April, these were hardly non-violent protesters:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Seems like calling for Hamas to kill more Jews is kinda escalatory, reckless, and dangerous? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zic43ykX00\">pic.twitter.com\/zic43ykX00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Magills (@magills_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/magills_\/status\/1782951346380935395?\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, there were reports that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/columbia-slammed-issuing-pathetic-update-anti-israel-encampment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-Hamas rabblement<\/a> were celebrating Shafik&rsquo;s resignation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NOW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NOW<\/a> Pro-Palestine protesters erupt in cheers as they hear the news that embattled Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H3iq7m4l4o\">pic.twitter.com\/H3iq7m4l4o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oliya Scootercaster &#128756; (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1823879271972020340?\">August 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In addition to Claudine Gay and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-anti-semitism-bill-generations-patriot-act-sounds-great-horrific-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liz Magill<\/a>, the presidents of Cornell and Yale retired this year, as well. However, Shafik&rsquo;s departure comes as much more of a capitulation than those resignation, something more along the lines of the practically forced exit that Gay and Magill endured.<\/p>\n<p>It also came days after several Columbia professors were forced to resign after pictures of them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/three-columbia-deans-resign-deeply-upsetting-text-messages-leak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sharing offensive messages in a group chat<\/a> during an event focused on Jewish life at the university&rsquo;s campus were leaked. That hardly sounds like a coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>Shafik is an object lesson in straddling the fence when it comes to abject evil. These protesters weren&rsquo;t just concerned about a two-state solution or human rights; they wanted Zionists dead. This isn&rsquo;t hyperbole, either. Remember student protest leader Khymani James?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One of the far-left lead student organizers at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?\">@Columbia<\/a> University encampment for Gaza recorded a livestream saying that &ldquo;zionists, along with all white supremacists,&rdquo; need to be killed. Khymani James (pronouns &ldquo;he\/she\/they&rdquo;) says the public should be thankful he has not&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6sZBDJV8xt\">pic.twitter.com\/6sZBDJV8xt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Ng&ocirc; &#127987;&#65039;&zwj;&#127752; (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1783629597696782732?\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As many pointed out over the past few days, James deleted his pro forma apology for that rant on social media and the school refuses to say whether he&rsquo;ll be back for the fall semester. That sounds an awful lot like a &ldquo;yes, he&rsquo;ll be back&rdquo; to me.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Not only is Columbia University refusing to say if <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KhymaniJames?\">@KhymaniJames<\/a> will be returning to campus this fall, he deleted his apology off of his Twitter. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uNyM1itSlr\">pic.twitter.com\/uNyM1itSlr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kassy Akiva (@KassyAkiva) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KassyAkiva\/status\/1823086968928182497?\">August 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This is what evil looks like, and Minouche Shafik refused to say that. She tried to accommodate both good and evil, and evil ended up taking over. She should have been gone the second this got out of hand, but she stuck around for the summer.<\/p>\n<p>All we can say is, better late than never. 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However, on Wednesday night, both factions had reason to celebrate: Minouche Shafik has stepped down as president of Columbia University. Shafik&#8217;s tenure lasted just 13 months and ended following a series of pro-Gaza protests that often escalated into violence at the New York City campus. According to The New York Times, Jewish students expressed feelings of insecurity and lack of support, while pro-Hamas demonstrators were angered by Shafik&#8217;s decision to call in police to disperse a violent encampment that had overtaken an academic building, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. In her statement, she mentioned that this period had significantly impacted her family and others in the community.<\/p>\n<p>Shafik stated that after reflecting over the summer, she believed stepping down would best help Columbia navigate its upcoming challenges. She announced her resignation now so new leadership could be established before the new term starts. House Republican Conference Chairwoman Rep. Elise Stefanik from New York praised her resignation, asserting it was inevitable given Shafik\u2019s inability to protect Jewish students and her negotiations with pro-Hamas activists.<\/p>\n<p>While Shafik did acknowledge during congressional testimony that calls for genocide are hate speech\u2014unlike Harvard&#8217;s Claudine Gay or Penn&#8217;s Liz Magill\u2014she failed to provide adequate measures for ensuring Jewish students&#8217; safety. When she finally intervened against the encampment\u2014which should not have been allowed in the first place\u2014she faced backlash from both pro-Hamas groups and far-left individuals like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicated that pro-Hamas protesters celebrated Shafik\u2019s resignation enthusiastically upon hearing the news. Alongside Claudine Gay and Liz Magill, who also resigned this year amid controversy at their institutions, Shafik\u2019s departure appears more like a capitulation than voluntary retirement; it followed closely after several Columbia professors resigned due to leaked offensive messages shared during an event about Jewish life on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Shafik exemplified indecision when confronting blatant evil; these protesters were not merely advocating for human rights but were calling for violence against Zionists\u2014a sentiment echoed by student protest leader Khymani James who infamously stated such individuals needed to be killed.<\/p>\n<p>As many noted recently regarding James\u2019 deleted apology post-rant on social media\u2014and with no confirmation about his return next semester\u2014it seems likely he will be back despite his inflammatory remarks.<\/p>\n<p>This situation illustrates what happens when one tries to appease both good and evil; ultimately evil prevailed under Shafik\u2019s leadership which should have ended much sooner than it did this summer. 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