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DOJ Finds George Washington University Allowed Anti-Semitism

Protesters called Hamas terrorists ‘freedom fighters’ and yelled ’Zionists go die' as university police accused Jews of provoking the crowd, a DOJ report says.
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A demonstrator holds a Palestinian flag as hundreds of people rally at George Washington University, in Washington on May 7, 2024. Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images
Aaron Gifford
Aaron Gifford
8/12/2025|Updated: 8/12/2025
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The Department of Justice announced on Aug. 12 that George Washington University violated civil rights by acting “deliberately indifferent to the hostile educational environment for Jewish, American Israeli, and Israeli students and faculty” despite receiving at least eight complaints about harassment and misconduct.

“Every student has the right to equal educational opportunities without fear of harassment or abuse,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement.
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Aaron Gifford has written for several daily newspapers, magazines, and specialty publications and also served as a federal background investigator and Medicare fraud analyst. He graduated from the University at Buffalo and is based in Upstate New York.
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