Lawmakers questioned the leaders of the University of California, Berkeley, Georgetown University and the City University of New York (Cuny) in the final antisemitism hearing the House of Representatives has held since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel and the ensuing war in Gaza that broke out afterward.
Georgetown University’s interim president, Robert Groves; Cuny’s chancellor, Félix V Matos Rodríguez; and UC Berkeley’s chancellor, Rich Lyons, faced scrutiny from Republican representatives – who questioned the universities’ hiring practices, faculty unions, Middle East study centers, foreign funding, and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
