DOJ: George Washington University violates civil rights laws on anti-Semitism

this Trump administration George Washington University was chopped Tuesday as the Justice Department believed that Jewish, American-Israeli and Israeli students and faculty were “deliberately indifferent.”

The Ministry of Justice announced that its civil rights department had concluded a ” Anti-Semitism Harassing Jews and Israeli students” found that the University in Washington, D.C. violated federal civil rights laws.

“Every student has equal educational opportunities without fear of harassment or abuse,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said in a statement. “No one goes beyond the law and universities enacting anti-Semitism will face legal consequences.”

“Despite actual notification of abuses on his campus, GWU intentionally violated the Civil Rights and Rights Act of 1964,” Dillon said in a letter to George Washington University President Ellen Granberg. “Decidedly informed of the abuse that occurred on his campus, the GWU intentionally violated the Civil Rights and Rights Act of 1964 for the complaints received, causing misconduct, endangering its students and teachers.

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The Justice Department, which provides direct federal financial aid to the GWU, said the university offers the university the opportunity to resolve the matter through a “voluntary settlement agreement.” The national goal is to “ensure that these issues and related reforms are immediately fixed to prevent the recurrence of discrimination, harassment and abuse”.

Unlike Harvard and Columbia – they both clashed with the Trump administration in an anti-Israel demonstration match after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 – George Washington University is a private institution. However, George Washington University is more susceptible to federal oversight and political influence due to its location in the U.S. capital, federal agencies and global embassies.

The Justice Department announcement comes the day after President Donald Trump announced federal takeover of the Washington, D.C. Police Department. Rampant violent crime In the capital of the country.

DeSilon wrote that federal civil rights investigations found that GWU students and faculty members “had been objectively offended, severely and universally hostile educational environments.” Anti-Semitic, Hate-based Improper Behavior A sentence by GWU students, targeting Jewish GWU students, faculty and staff is shocking. This kind of behavior is obviously abominable, immoral, and most importantly illegal. ”

Dalyon said members of the university community conducted “anti-Semitic, destructive protests including the establishment of “anti-Semitic, disruptive protests, including the establishment of “Camp” in GWU University College. ”

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon testifies at a confirmation hearing on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)

The Justice Department said the university received “no less than eight complaints” during that time, saying protesters were discriminating against Jews and Israeli students. Jewish students, parents and alumni also contacted university leaders to express “reasonable fears for safety” as protesters continue their anti-Israel campus camps. The Justice Department also received reports of anti-Semitic discrimination on the George Washington University campus.

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“The incitement efforts aim to bring Jewish, Israel and the United States-Israeli students to fear, intimidation and denial of freedom, unrestricted access to the educational environment of GWU,” Dhillon wrote. “This is the definition of hostility and ‘hostile environment’.”

The investigation also found that “many incidents” of Jewish students were harassed, abused, intimidated and beaten by protesters,” Dhillon wrote. “To be clear that Jewish students are afraid of attending classes, or worse, to be “catched”, perhaps physically beaten on GWU’s campus.”

A student waved the Palestinian flag on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at an anti-Israel camp in the George Washington University school. (Ali Khaligh/Middle East Pictures/AFP via Getty Images)

Dhillon quoted a Jewish student who described “being surrounded, harassed, threatened, and then left the area by anti-Semitic protesters immediately after exiting the law school adjacent to the university’s school.” In her letter, she said the GWU student assistant dean directed the Jewish students to leave because his presence was “hostile and inspiring the crowd.”

The Assistant Attorney General said other Jewish students also provided similar records of harassment and intimidation when they tried to cross campus through college students.

“Protesters surrounded them, shouting anti-Semitic slander on their faces and forcing them to run away,” Dhillon wrote. “A Jewish student quietly raised the Israeli flag in a college and was surrounded by protesters, whose arms were linked together to limit the movement of Jewish students.”

Daliron said throughout the encounter, protesters shouted slander and a university policeman standing nearby “does not take any stop or intervene in the incident, but rather tells students to leave the college for their safety.”

Dalun said another Jewish student stood opposite the camp at the Israeli flag and was harassed by protesters who screamed “f — you, the Zionist passed away”, “there is only one solution, The uprising revolution,” “Hamas is a freedom fighter,” and “Zionist hell!” she said, a college police officer also told the student to leave the area.

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