The Department of Justice (DOJ) has found George Washington University (GWU) in violation of federal law in its handling of pro-Palestinian protests.
The assessment was leveled after a civil rights investigation, according to an Aug. 12 statement.
GWU was found to have been “deliberately indifferent” after receiving numerous complaints about antisemitic discrimination, abuses, and harassment faced by Jewish and Israeli students and faculty members, said a letter by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division addressed to GWU President Ellen M. Granberg.
GWU’s actions violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance, the department said….