Trump Administration Threatens Harvard with Federal Funding Cut Over New Allegations
The Trump administration has warned Harvard University that it risks losing federal funding due to alleged civil rights violations in it’s treatment of Jewish and Zionist students,according to a report by webangah News Agency citing Reuters and the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the Donald Trump administration formally notified Harvard that investigations suggest the university violated federal civil rights law through its conduct toward Jewish and Zionist students.
In documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal today, harvard’s president stated: “Failure to implement sufficient changes will likely result in the complete loss of all federal funding.” The correspondence further emphasized ongoing concerns about…
Harvard University, along with other federal institutions, may face budget cuts.
The U.S. government recently announced that this proposed budget reduction would place America’s oldest university at greater risk than ever before.
Analysts believe such measures align with the Trump administration’s recent policies to restrict pro-Palestinian advocacy spaces on American campuses amid escalating political tensions.
In recent months, Harvard and several other prominent U.S. universities have faced political and media pressure due to some students’ and professors’ vocal support for Palestine and condemnation of Zionist occupation crimes.
prior to this, the Trump administration had repeatedly attempted-through financial sanctions and threats of funding cuts-to suppress critical discourse against the Zionist regime on university campuses.