Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has called for the president of Hofstra University to resign over her statements on the Israel-Hamas war. He called Susan Poser’s comments “callous and unconscionable.”
In a letter to the university’s Board of Trustees, Blakeman claims Poser failed to provide a clear condemnation of Hamas in her letters to the Hofstra community after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
In a letter to students on October 18, she cited “a complex history and conflicting views” as the cause of the war.
Blakeman said that language created a “moral equivalence between Hamas’ terrorist slaughter” and Israel’s response.
The board said they do not agree with the call for resignation. In a statement, the university said Poser publicly condemned “the horrific and brutal attack” by Hamas.
Both Blakeman and Poser are Jewish-Americans. Blakeman is also a former Hofstra University professor.
