WASHINGTON - The US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against the University of California Los Angeles on May 26, alleging it tolerated a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students.In its complaint, the Justice Department accused UCLA of violating Title VI – a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, colour, or national origin in any programme or activity receiving federal financial assistance – “through its deliberate indifference to this pervasive on-campus anti-semitism.”The lawsuit pointed to an encampment that was built on the university’s campus in April 2024. The Justice Department described...