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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik Resigns Amid Protests and National Scrutiny

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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned, citing the toll the protests on campus have taken on her family. The protests, which began as a response to the university's handling of a different issue, turned violent and anti-Semitic. Shafik was criticized for her handling of the situation, including calling in police to break up demonstrations. Shafik will be returning to the UK to chair a review of the government's approach to international development. Her resignation comes just weeks before the start of the new academic year.

  1. US
    Katrina Armstrong
    Columbia University
    1. As I step into this role, I am acutely aware of the trials the University has faced over the past year.
  2. US
    Mahmoud Khalil
    1. We want the president to be a president for Columbia students, answering to their needs and demands, rather than answering to political pressure from outside the university.
    2. Regardless of who leads Columbia, the students will continue their activism and actions until Columbia divests from Israeli apartheid.
  3. Minouche Shafik
    Columbia University
    1. I am making this announcement now so that new leadership can be in place before the new term begins.
    2. As President Lincoln said, 'A house divided against itself cannot stand' – we must do all we can to resist the forces of polarization in our community.
    3. We should neither understate their significance, nor allow them to define who we are and what we will become.

Pro-Palestinian Movements in the Ivy League

  1. Ben and Jerry's Co-Founder Detained for Participating in Senate Protest Over Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  2. Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after Columbia calls in police
  3. US Releases Palestinian Student From Custody After Citizenship Interview Detention

sources

  1. 1.Le Monde
  2. 2.Al Jazeera
  3. 3.The Guardian
  4. 4.The Times
  5. 5.The Times of India
  6. 6.Daily Sabah
  7. 7.Agence France-Presse
  8. 8.Columbia Daily Spectator
  9. 9.New York Times

perspectives

  1. 1.US under Donald Trump
  2. 2.Israel-Palestine Conflict
  3. 3.Protests
  4. 4.Freedom of Speech
  5. 5.Antisemitism

countries

  1. 1.CanadaCA
  2. 2.EgyptEG
  3. 3.United KingdomGB
  4. 4.IsraelIL
  5. 5.Palestine, State ofPS
  6. 6.United StatesUS
  7. 7.South AfricaZA

organizations

  1. 1.Columbia UniversityUS
  2. 2.HamasPS
  3. 3.Harvard UniversityUS
  4. 4.Students for Justice in Palestine
  5. 5.University of Pennsylvania
  6. 6.Barnard College
  7. 7.Columbia University Apartheid DivestUS
  8. 8.Cornell University
  9. 9.Education and Workforce Committee
  10. 10.House of Representatives
  11. 11.International Court of Justice
  12. 12.New York Police DepartmentUS

persons

  1. 1.Minouche Shafik
  2. 2.Katrina ArmstrongUS
  3. 3.Claire ShipmanUS
  4. 4.Claudine Gay
  5. 5.Elise StefanikUS
  6. 6.Elizabeth Magill
  7. 7.Mike JohnsonUS
  8. 8.Carl Hart
  9. 9.David Greenberg
  10. 10.David Greenwald
  11. 11.Mahmoud KhalilUS
  12. 12.Martha Pollock

technicals

  1. 1.Judaism
  2. 2.Semitism
  3. 3.Vietnam War