Tuesday the Trump government declared that he discovered that the George Washington University (GWU) violated the federal law on civil rights in relation to Jewish, American and Israeli Jewish students and teachers and will seek “immediate repair” of the institution.
In a declaration, the United States Department of Justice said that GWU has agitated deliberately indifferent to the hostile educational environment for Jewish, Israeli-American and Israeli students “during the Filosinese protests of April and May 2024. The representatives of the University of Washington, DC, could not be contacted to comment.
In a letter sent to the dean of the University, Ellen Granberg Tuesday, the assistant attorney Harmeet Dhillon said that the Department of Justice concluded that the members of the University Community were involved in “Anti -Semitic and Disturbing protests”, including the setting of a field in the University’s courtyard. Dhillon said that these efforts were intended to “scare, intimidate and deny” Jewish, Israelis and Israeli students access the university environment.
“The department believes that, despite the knowledge of the abuses that occurred in its campus, GWU was deliberately indifferent to the complaints received, the bad conduct and the damage suffered,” says Dhillon’s letter.
Dhillon said that the Department of Justice intends to proceed with the police, but offers university the opportunity to resolve the question through a voluntary resolution agreement. The University has until August 22 to indicate if it has “interest in this dialogue”, according to the letter.
George Washington is the last university that was targeted by the Trump administration, who threatened to cut federal funds to universities due to pro-Palestinian protests against the war in Gaza conducted by Israel, a country of ally of a country.
The demonstrators, including some Jewish groups, say that the Trump government erroneously equals criticisms of the Israeli military attack in Gaza and the occupation of the Palestinian territories to antimitism and the defense of Palestinian rights for support for extremism.
Source: Terra
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