Lavine, Hewlett rabbi and Pilip join Blakeman-Poser squabble over Hamas attack on Israel
Bruce Blakeman First Nassau County Executive, a Republican, demanded the resignation of Hofstra University President Susan Poser because she did not explicitly condemn the Oct. 7 Hamas murder and mutiliation of more than 1,000 Israeli civilans, including babies, teenagers women and the elderly. Poser instead in a statement said, "There is a complex history and conflicting views about the causal underpinnings of the current crisis." Not enough, Blakeman insisted, "This is not the time for fence sitting and hand wringing. Dr. Poser should have been clear and strong in her condemnation of Hamas without equivocation," he wrote to Hofstra's Board of Trustees Susan Poser For the past several days Blakeman, who is Jewish, has been all over the news on television and radio repeating his anger over Poser's position. So Glen Cove Assembly. Charles Lavine, a Democrat who enjoys publicity, issued a rather lengthy press release, attacking Republican Blakeman