Two lawsuits have been filed against Northwestern University following the school’s agreement with anti-Israel protesters that it would fund scholarships and teaching positions to Palestinians.
Each lawsuit was filed Wednesday, just two days after the university caved to protesters who had been occupying the school’s Deering Meadow. One lawsuit was filed by students while the other was filed by a conservative legal organization.
The first lawsuit, filed by three Northwestern students, accuses the university of enabling the harassment of Jewish students by allowing the anti-Israel tent encampment to remain on campus for several days, CBS News reported. The three suing students – identified in the lawsuit only as Jane Joe, John Doe 1, and John Doe 2 – claim they experienced anti-Semitic harassment during the six days the encampment was in place.
The lawsuit claims that protesters…
