Major Donor Stops Donations to UPenn Over Its Response to Hamas Attacks on Israel

Ex-diplomat and governor Jon Huntsman rebukes his alma mater for ’silence in the face of reprehensible and historic Hamas evil against the people of Israel.’

Jon Huntsman speaks on stage during the 2015 Concordia Summit at Grand Hyatt New York on Oct. 2, 2015 in New York City. Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Concordia Summit

Former U.S. Ambassador and Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a longtime donor to the University of Pennsylvania, notified his alma mater on Oct. 13 that he will cease donations to the school over its response to the Israel-Hamas war.

In an email obtained by The Daily Pennsylvanian, the school’s student newspaper, the 2012 Republican presidential candidate rebuked UPenn President Liz Magill for what he deemed to be an insufficient condemnation of terrorist group Hamas’s unprovoked Oct. 7 assault on Israel.