‘Profound Moral Bankruptcy’: Fierce Reaction to Ivy League Presidents Saying Calls for Jewish Genocide Are ‘Context-Dependent’

In a statement Wednesday, the White House calls the university presidents’ comments ‘unbelievable.’

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Penn's then-president, Liz Magill, supported harsh sanctions against Dr. Wax. AP/Mark Schiefelbein

Since the painful testimony from the presidents of three of America’s most elite universities took place Tuesday, social media has been awash with criticism of the women and the institutions themselves after they said that calls for the genocide of Jews had to be put in the proper “context” before action could be taken. 

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