Donald Trump accuses Harvard and other reputable American universities, such as Columbia, about anti -Semitism due to the permission of the authorities of these universities to develop student movements, opposing the deadly attacks of Israel in the Gaza Strip.
In the second half of April The White House frozen over $ 2 billion of grants for Harvard University, and in the answer the university authorities sued Trump's administration to court.
On Tuesday, the Anti -Semitism team, appointed by Trump's administration, announced, that eight federal US agencies “withdrew about $ 450 million (additional) subsidies for Harvard.” It was argued that the university is “unable” to fight “anti -Semitic intimidation” in the campus.
A new Trump administration attack on Harvard took place a day after the university authorities sent a letter to the Minister of Education Linda McMahon, in which they demand a re -establishing dialogue on “common” basics, such as the fight against anti -Semitism and defense of “freedom of thoughts and statements.”
In the letter, the president of Harvard Alan Garber stated that he took steps to ensure that Jewish and Israeli students and employees would not feel excluded or intimidated in the campus and argued that the actions of the federal government “undermine” and “threaten” academic freedom.
“Harvard will not give up his fundamental, legally protected principles only for fear of unfounded repression on the part of the federal government” – wrote the head of the oldest and richest American university in a letter.
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Last month, the US president said Harvard To “Kpina, where the Left of the Fools works”therefore – in his opinion – the university should not receive federal funds.
