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Anna Betts

DoJ says George Washington University violated law over Jewish students and faculty

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The George Washington University campus, on 12 April. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

Donald Trump’s administration says it has determined that George Washington University (GWU) has violated federal civil rights law, making it the latest higher educational institution to be targeted by the White House over last spring’s campus protests against Israeli military strikes in Gaza.

In an announcement on Tuesday, the Trump-led justice department accused the Washington DC-based university of failing to take “meaningful action” to combat antisemitism during demonstrations there.

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