Trump Administration reviews the alleged antisemitism at Harvard University

The Ministry of Education and other institutions is reviewing Harvard University for growing antisemitism on campus, Secretary Linda McMahon said Monday.

“Harvard’s failure to protect students on campus from anti-Semitic discrimination-all while promoting ideology divisively over free investigations-harmful to their reputation in serious danger,” McMahon said in its release.

“Harvard can correct this mistake and recover to the campus dedicated to academic excellence and the search for truth, where all students feel safe on the campus,” he said.

Department of Education, Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services and Public Service Administration Join the School Comprehensive Review.

This step was carried out because the Joint Government’s task force duplicated to eliminate antisemit and harassment from elite universities. Administration disarmed Columbia University of $ 400 million in the form of grants earlier this month after the investigation of the task force found not to act by schools to protect Jewish students.

The Monday action against Harvard came after a similar review caused Columbia to agree to comply with nine prerequisites for further negotiations regarding the federal refund that was canceled, according to the release.

The task force will review hundreds of millions of dollars in grants for Harvard and affiliates, according to release.

The bodies will also review the grants of nearly $ 9 billion to Harvard to ensure that it is in accordance with “federal regulations” and “responsibilities of civil rights,” the release said.

Responding to the review, President Harvard Alan Garber released a statement that said, “We fully embrace the important goal of fighting antisemitism, one of the most dangerous forms of dangerousness.”

“This is present on our campus,” continued Garber, “I have experienced antisemitism directly, even when serving as president, and I know how damaging it for a student who comes to study and be friends in college or university.”

Garber said, however, that $ 9 billion in federal funding that is “at stake” because the university works to combat antisemitism can stop “research that saves lives and damages important research and scientific innovations.”

“As an institution and as a community, we recognize our shortcomings, pursue changes needed, and build stronger bonds that allow all to develop,” added Garber.

Harvard Alumni Representative Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., Told ABC News that he was sure too many uncontrolled universities for tent camps and hostile demonstrations involving students overtaking buildings on campus in response to the Israeli-Hamas conflict that broke out after Hamas launched a sudden attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.

Kiley, who sat in the DPR Education and Labor Committee, said the administrative review was “very refreshing” and a proactive solution to protect the rights and safety of Harvard Jewish students.

“We need to ensure that the rule is upheld, that the law of civil rights is obeyed and that there are consequences for illegal activities,” said Kiley.

Oregon Democrat Rep. Suzanne Bonamici is also a member of the Education and Manpower Committee and with Rep. Kiley, Bonamici serves in the Higher Education Subcommittee.

Bonamici told ABC News that he was convinced that administration had encouraged attacks on higher education institutions.

He said threatening federal funds was a bridge too far. “There is a way to overcome anti-Semitism that does not involve this type of threat,” Bonamici said, added, “What they try to do is intimidate these universities, as they do with law firms, intimidating them to take positions engaged with higher education and free thinking and critical thinking, so it is very appropriate.”

The protest erupted on campuses throughout the country after civilian casualties installed in Gaza when Israel launched a military campaign in response to October 7, vowing to eradicate Hamas – which was appointed by the US as a terrorist organization.

The federal response came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that directed McMahon to abolish the Department of Education and other orders that took steps to fight “strong” antisemitism.

The Harvard Review also highlights administrative promises to ensure that universities will suffer federal consequences if they grow antisemite protests and demonstrations after 7 October.

In the campaign path, Trump said, “I promise that the Jewish Americans are this: With your voice, I will be your defender, your protector, and I will be an American Jewish friend who was once in the White House.”

Meanwhile, the Congress is investigating Harvard and almost a dozen other schools for allegedly growing antisemitism on campus.

Reports on the Autumn DPR Education and Labor Committee that found many universities had failed to discipline antisemite behavior. A summary of more than 100 pages report accusing “majority majority” of students accused of harassing antisemites or other antisemitism actions on campus faces a minimum disciplinary act of alleged violations.