The US official said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s administration has frozen $ 790 million at the University of Cornell and over $ 790 million at the University of Cornell, confirming civil rights violations at the two university.
This freezing has been granted and contracts with the Ministry of Health, Education, Agriculture and Defense. In addition to other issues such as diversity, equality and inclusion programs, the Trump administration has threatened to stop the federal funds of the universities due to the pro -Palestinians’ protests.
The administration sent a letter last month to 60 universities, including Cornell, North and Steron, and that universities failed to describe anti -cemetery. Cornell University has not received any official notice from the government of the university or the entire financing, but has been ordered to stop work from the Ministry of Defense in defense, health and electronic security sectors. She said she was seeking more information from the government.
The North Western University reported that he knew media reports on financing freezing, but that it did not receive an official notification from the government and that it would support the investigation. “Federal funds received by North Western are innovative and life -saving research, and recent university researchers’ development of heart attacks and research to increase the fight against Alzheimer’s disease,” said a university spokesman. This type of research is now in danger.
Trump is taking stringent action against Palestinians on campus against the devastating military attack on Gaza, a US ally, who caused the humanitarian crisis in the strip. The military campaign came after the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) attacked in October 2023.
Trump accused the protesters of anti -Semitic, described them with sympathy to Hamas and threaten the foreign policy. The demonstrators, including the Jewish groups, said that the Trump administration had been misunderstood in Israel’s actions in Gaza, calling for the rights of the Palestinians, saying amidst anti -semitism and Hamas support.
