Elite universities feel heat from donors over left-wing students’ ‘twisted’ anti-Israel statements
Donors complained that schools have been quick to support left-wing causes, but slow to support Israel!
By Kristine Parks Fox News
Top donors of universities across the country are privately pushing college officials to take a strong stance supporting Israel, in opposition to student groups who’ve blamed Israel for the Hamas terror attack, a New York Times report found.
Kenneth Griffin, who’s given more than half a billion dollars to Harvard University, told the outlet he called up his alma mater last week after more than two dozen student groups signed a statement blaming Israel as “entirely responsible” for the massacre. Griffin urged the university’s board to “come out forcefully” defending Israel in response.
Three days after the statement was released, Harvard President Claudine Gay addressed the backlash, distancing the university from the controversial document.
Griffin wasn’t the only donor voicing his complaints with the slow response from universities in condemning anti-Israel demonstrations and speech by pro-Palestinian student activists on campus following the Hamas terror attack.
HERE’S WHERE STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE HELD COLLEGE PROTESTS THIS WEEK
Published October 17, 2023 8:48am EDT
Billionaire Leslie Wexner, who donates enormous amounts of money to fund hospitals, educational institutions, etc., just announced that he is cutting ties with Harvard over their irresponsible lack of real leadership in condemning Hamas for their unprovoked slaughter of hundreds of Israelis and their failure to condemn the student groups of antisemitic idiots for their cheering on of this event.
