Free speech is suddenly a major value of college presidents: Yesterday, the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology testified in front of Congress, discussing the reports of antisemitism on these campuses and university policies toward the speech of student activist groups.
"You are president of Harvard, so I assume you're familiar with the term intifada correct?" Rep. Elise Stefanik (R–N.Y.) asked Harvard President Claudine Gay. "You understand that the use of the term intifada, in the context of the Israeli-Arab conflict, is indeed a call for violent armed resistance against the state of Israel, including violence against civilians and the genocide of Jews?"
