University of Pennsylvania president resigns after furor over free speech and antisemitism

Elizabeth Magill has resigned her position as leader of the beleaguered college

Elizabeth Magill, the president of the University of Pennsylvania, has resigned her position as leader of the beleaguered college in the wake of a fierce debate over free speech and antisemitism.

Universities across the United States have been accused of failing to protect Jewish students amid a spike of antisemitism amid fallout from Israel's intensifying war in Gaza, which faces heightened criticism for the mounting Palestinian death toll. There has also been a spike in Islamaphobia in the US.