US EditionU.S. sues Harvard over treatment of Jewish and Israeli students, seeks billions of dollars
The DOJ alleges Harvard allowed antisemitic harassment, seeking to freeze over $2.6 billion in federal grants and recover funds due to civil rights violations.
- On Friday, March 20, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Harvard University in federal court in Massachusetts, alleging the institution violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment.
- Citing incidents since the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, the administration claims the university was "deliberately indifferent" to hostility targeting Jewish and Israeli students, including stalking and jeering on campus.
- Federal prosecutors seek to recover billions in taxpayer funding while asking a judge to freeze more than $2.6 billion in existing research grants, escalating demands from earlier settlement negotiations that sought $1 billion.
- Harvard maintains it has taken "substantive, proactive steps" to address antisemitism, dismissing the lawsuit as a "pretextual and retaliatory action" by the administration for refusing to adopt federal policy positions.
- This action mirrors federal scrutiny of other institutions, including Columbia University, which settled for $200 million in July, testing the boundaries of government enforcement over university research funding and civil rights compliance.
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DOJ sues Harvard for discrimination against Jewish, Israeli students
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it is filing a lawsuit against Harvard University for race and national origin discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students. In a press release, the DOJ accused Harvard of “selectively enforcing” campus rules that allowed Jewish students to be harassed and assaulted. “Harvard has been deliberately indifferent to “Harvard has been deliberately indifferent to its Jewish and Israeli students’
Harvard discriminated against Jews, US government says in new lawsuit
Harvard responded by lashing out with a flailing denunciation of the Trump administration. By Ira Stoll, The Washington Free Beacon The federal government is suing Harvard over what the Justice Department’s complaint calls the university’s “toothless non-response to the ongoing relentless antisemitic on-campus discrimination.” The suit was announced with a traditional press release that included quotes from Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Heal…
DOJ Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Harvard over Treatment of Jewish Students
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a federal civil rights lawsuit against Harvard University on March 20, 2026, alleging the school failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment and discrimination following the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack in Israel. The post DOJ Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Harvard over Treatment of Jewish Students appeared first on Breitbart.
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