Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, who has been in office for just over a year, announced Wednesday that she would resign from her post amid ongoing backlash to anti-Israel demonstrations on campus.

Shafik was a holdout and remained at the helm of a university after she and other college presidents participated in a series of House hearings this spring on anti-Semitism on campus.

“It is with sadness that I write to inform you that I am stepping down as president of Columbia University, effective August 14, 2024,” Shafik wrote in her resignation letter. “I have had the honor and privilege of leading this incredible institution, and I believe that – together – we have made progress in a number of important areas.”

The presidents of Harvard and UPenn resigned shortly after their heavily criticized hearings. The last president still in office is MIT President Sally Kornbluth.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., sharply criticized Shafik when she appeared before the House Education and Workforce Committee. Stefanik pointed out that a Columbia University professor had called the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel “unbelievable.”

Shafik said the issue had been resolved, but the radical professor’s name remained on Columbia University’s website.

Israel began a war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which the terrorist organization controls, when Hamas killed 1,200 people and abducted about 250 in a rampage of rape, torture and murder in southern Israel on October 7. The casualties of the Israel-Hamas war among Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip have sometimes sparked anti-Semitic protests on university campuses and elsewhere.

A professor’s scolding was far from the end of the saga for Columbia University.

Anti-Israel protests continued at the school, with participants denouncing Israel, the New York Police Department, and the United States.

The protests, which involved both students and outsiders, culminated in a violent occupation of Hamilton Hall, a building on campus. The New York City Police Department was called in to break up the protest.

Shortly thereafter, Shafik and the school administration canceled Columbia University’s graduation ceremonies.

“Holding a large graduation ceremony on our campus presented safety concerns that unfortunately proved insurmountable,” a Columbia spokesperson said in a written statement. “Like our students, we are deeply disappointed by this outcome.”

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg – a Democrat who recently prosecuted former President Donald Trump – dropped nearly all charges against the protesters who broke into Hamilton Hall.

While Shafik’s resignation may mark the end of her tenure at the helm of Columbia University, it is unlikely to solve the problems on her and other campuses.

Protests on campus have calmed down for now, but classes in most schools are closed over the summer holidays.

It is clear that the anger and fanaticism of those protesting on college campuses is no less pronounced than it was months ago, and they plan to continue to tolerate their unrest.

An organization called Columbia University Apartheid Divest recently called for the “total eradication” of Western civilization.

“We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization,” the group said in an Instagram post, according to The National Desk.

The organization issued this statement in support of the protesters in Bengal.

“We stand in full solidarity with every liberation movement in the global South,” the group said. “Our intifada is internationalist – we fight for nothing less than the liberation of all people.”

A Columbia University student who called for the murder of Zionists has deleted his later apology, Kassy Akiva of the Daily Wire reported Monday.

According to Campus Reform, students at Columbia University and other universities plan to resume their anti-Israel protests when classes resume in the fall.