The Federal Government has canceled grants to Columbia University of $ 400 million in the middle of its school’s anti-Semitism examination, announced the Task Force of the Ministry of Justice to combat anti-Semitism on Friday.
The cancellation is due to the “continued inactivity of the university in view of the continuing harassment of Jewish students”, the Ministry of Justice Ministry, the Ministry of Health and Human Services, the Ministry of Education and the US General Services Administration said in a joint explanation.
A spokesman for the university said Columbia wants to reverse the decision.
“We check the announcement of the federal authorities and promise to work with the federal government in order to restore the federal financing of Colombia,” said the spokesman in a statement.
“We take Columbia’s legal obligations seriously and understand how serious this announcement is and is obliged to combat anti -Semitism and to ensure the security and well -being of our students, faculties and employees.”
The departments said that additional cancellations will probably follow. According to the agencies, the school has around 5 billion US dollars in federal grants.
“Since October 7, Jewish students have been relentlessly violent violence, intimidation and anti-Semitic harassment to their campus-to ignore those they should protect,” said Minister of Education Linda McMahon.
“The universities must comply with all federal anti -discrimination laws if they receive federal financing. Columbia has given up this obligation towards Jewish students who study on his campus for too long. Today we demonstrate Columbia and other universities that we will no longer tolerate their horrific inactivity, ”she added.
The decision comes after the Barnard College, a subsidiary of Columbia, saw arrests and injuries A campus building stormed as propalestinian demonstrators.
Columbia was one consistent goal of the Republicans Since students from the university began the nationwide pro-Palestinian camp, which took place last spring and took a central campus for weeks last summer.
The financing for Colombia is followed by the threats of President Trump’s term in order to stop grants for schools through anti-Semitism or diversity, justice and inclusion programs.
