US sues Harvard University over antisemitism allegations, seeks to freeze grants

The US Justice Department on Friday filed a lawsuit against Harvard University alleging antisemitism on the Ivy League campus located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Anadolu reports. The case, filed in federal court, says the leadership at Harvard failed to address campus-wide antisemitism, which justifies the government freezing existing grants and seeking repayment for grants already paid to the university. Department officials alleged: “Harvard has failed to protect its Jewish and Israeli students in two ways. First, Harvard has continued to be deliberately indifferent to a level of hostility on its campus … Second, Harvard has refused to enforce its campus rules against students who harass their Jewish and Israeli peers.” The department lawsuit says that the “United States cannot and will […]