The Harvard University in Massachusetts has been entangled in controversies in recent years, threatening to over $ 2.2 billion to threaten the latest President Donald Trump, refusing to refuse to refuse to finance more than $ 2.2 billion from the university.
Read for the university’s list of recent disputes.
Antismitism on campus cases
After October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, killing 1,200 Israel and held hostage by hundreds of others, student -led activist groups held anti -Israel protests in the campus.
Trump says that Harvard has ‘lost,’ is not worth funding federal funding
A drone scene shows voluntarily packing anti -Israel protesters voluntarily at the Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge on 14 May 2024. (Reuters/Bryan snider)
Many Jewish students at the university have said that they have felt enmity in the campus due to their religious beliefs.
In January, the university accused the two cases of anti-Jewish and anti-Israel discrimination.
Baikalash against Harvard’s initial response to antisemitism charges
Harvard’s initial hesitation for condemning Hamas’s terror attack alleged that Harvard had become tolerant of antismitism.
Harvard banners, Cambridge, hang out on Friday, September 4, 2009, outside the Memorial Church at Harvard University Campus at Massachusetts. (Michael Finn/Bloomberg via Getty Image)
Former President Claudin Gay’s ‘unacceptable’ testimony for Congress
The then-Haraward President Cladin Gay faced intensive backlash after testifying to the Congress in December 2023, along with the President of Pennsylvania, Liz Magil and the President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sally Cornlath.
Claudin Gay resigned from his post in January 2024 as the President of Harvard, which was simultaneously amidst the controversies of antisementism and literary theft at the IV League School. (Haiyun jiang/bloomberg getty images, via file)
University leaders were grilled about handling antisementism in their respective premises following Hamas’s terrorist attacks on Israel.
Gay made a memorable exchange with rape. Elis Stephanik, RN.Y., after the Congress asked a direct question.
Stephanik Shreed after Harvard allowed Claudin Gay to remain President on ‘complete moral failure’
“In Harvard, Calling for Jews’ massacre violates Harvard’s misconduct and harassment rules?” Stephanik specifically asked Gay.
“This can be based on reference,” Gay replied.
“Antisemitic speech when it crosses in conduct, bullying, harassment, intimidation – this is an action worthy conduct and we take action,” Gay said that when pressed to respond to “yes” or “no” for Jews’ genocide, he breaks school rules.
“So the answer yes, that the call for the massacre of the Jews violates the Harvard Code of Conduct, right?” Stephanik asked.
“Then, it depends on the context,” Gay said.
“It does not depend on the context. Answer is yes and that is why you should resign,” Stephnic replied. “These are unacceptable answers throughout the board.”
Former President Claudin Gay accused of literary theft
Gay was also at the center of a scam, accusing him of several examples of literary theft in the works of scholars who pulled back in the 1990s.
Harvard President Claudin Gay resigned amidst controversies of Antisemitism, Literary Theft
Anti -Israel protesters have demonstrated at the Harvard Campus since the deadly Hamas terror attack on Israel in October 2023. (Joseph Prezioso / contributor, file)
After the early claims that appeared in October 2023, other allegations of literary theft were made against gay in later weeks.
Gay announced his resignation in January 2024 amidst two controversies.
Harvard Trump refuses to follow the demands of the administration
Harvard University President Alan Garber, who has served as the president of the university since January 2024, issued a statement on 14 April, stating that the school would not comply with the demands of the Trump administration about antismitism.
In his letter, Garber said that the federal government has threatened its partnership with several universities including Harvard on allegations of antisementism on its premises.
He also said that the Trump administration released an update and extended list of demands, saying that if the school is planning to maintain financial relations with the federal government, it should be complied with.
“It makes it clear that the intention is not to work with us to address antisementism in a cooperative and creative way,” Garber wrote. “We have informed the administration through our legal lawyer that we will not accept their proposed agreement.”
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After the letter, Trump doubled his attacks against the university, called the institute “joking”.
Anders Hagstrom of Fox News Digital, Kyle Morris, Daniel Walece and Chris Pandolfo contributed to the report.
