A group of anti-Israel student protesters at Columbia University criticized the Trump administration's decision to rescind more than $400 million in federal grants to the university over its alleged failure to address antisemitism on campus. The group called the decision a 'transparent scare tactic' and accused the federal government of attempting to prolong the US-backed genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. The university's interim president responded by saying the university takes the cuts 'very seriously' and is prepared to work with the federal government on its 'legitimate concerns.' The student protesters accused the university of appeasing Zionists and fascists and rejected their calls to divest from Israel.