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Trump administration again sues UCLA over antisemitism, alleging ‘hostile educational environment’

The new suit draws on widely reported accounts of UCLA’s campus environment in spring 2024, when protesters in pro-Palestinian encampments clashed with pro-Israel counter-protesters.

The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA was erected after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks in Israel.
Former hostage Omer Shem Tov speaks, as people celebrate at the "Hostages square", after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 9, 2025.

Jewish students deserve more than conditional empathy - opinion

A man walks through the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, US, August 11, 2025.

UCLA, student president distance themselves from student gov't that condemned former Gaza hostage

A WOMAN lies in bed, looking at her phone.

Women hit far harder than men by October 7 war media overload - study


Federal prosecutors resign over Trump DOJ handling of UC antisemitism probe

“I am highly skeptical of whether this administration actually cares about Jewish people or antisemitism,” said Dena Robinson, a Jewish and Black former senior trial attorney.

The UCLA campus seen Nov. 19, 2025.

Trump can’t levy antisemitism fines against the University of California, judge rules

University staffers and academic groups had sued the administration, saying that Trump’s actions were already having a punishing effect on their First Amendment concerns.

 Signs in support of Palestinians in Gaza are set up along with reinforcements to block the doorway of a building at an encampment after protesters were asked to leave by UCLA campus police at the University of California, Los Angeles, California, US, May 2, 2024.

We must fight antisemitism to save our universities themselves - opinion

Today, American universities occupy the top position that German universities held 100 years ago. Decades after the end of World War II, they have not regained their past global preeminence.

Nazis bar Jews from a university in Vienna in 1938.

Judge orders Trump administration to restore part of UCLA's suspended funding

UCLA said last week the government froze $584 million in funding over campus protests on the Israel-Hamas War.

 PROTESTERS SUPPORTING Palestinians in Gaza gather at UCLA in May.

UCLA holds emergency meeting after Trump demands $1b. antisemitism settlement

UC President James Milliken said that the Justice Department had made the proposal to UCLA on Friday, on the heels of the university system’s offer to engage “in good faith dialogue."

 PROTESTERS SUPPORTING Palestinians in Gaza gather at UCLA in May.

UCLA says Trump administration froze $584 million of its federal funding

The Trump administration has threatened to cut federal funds for universities over pro-Palestinian protests against the Israel-Hamas War.

 PROTESTERS SUPPORTING Palestinians in Gaza gather at UCLA in May.

UCLA settles for $6.5m with Jewish students, professor over failure to prevent antisemitism

UCLA will pay nearly $6.5 million to the Jewish defendants and $320,000 to the UCLA Initiative to Combat Antisemitism.

 Signs in support of Palestinians in Gaza are set up along with reinforcements to block the doorway of a building at an encampment after protesters were asked to leave by UCLA campus police at the University of California, Los Angeles, California, US, May 2, 2024.

UCLA violated federal civil rights law for failing to protect Jewish, Israeli students, DOJ says

The US Justice Department alleged that UCLA failed to prevent a hostile environment for its Jewish and Israeli students since the start of October 2023.

 Law enforcement officers carry a protester at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), during a pro-Palestinian protest, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 2, 2024.

Student visa revocations sweep US campuses amid pro-Palestinian protest crackdown

"We recognize that these actions are distressing for many in our campus community. We expect this situation to remain fluid, and we continue to closely monitor and assess its implications."

 PROTESTERS ATTEND a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza, at UCLA in Los Angeles, in April 2024.

Trump court action accuses UCLA of trying to 'evade responsibility' for alleged antisemitism

In court filings, lawyers on both sides argued about whether actions in the encampment were antisemitic for blocking pro-Israel or Zionist individuals from using walkways by the camp.

 PROTESTERS SUPPORTING Palestinians in Gaza gather at UCLA in May.