Jewish staff say the federal government and their own institutions are using the term to exert more control over the education system and punish critics of Israel.

A professor at Georgetown University has been removed as chair of his department and is on leave after he publicly hoped Iran would launch a “symbolic strike” on a U.S. military base,

However, university officials revoked his title as chair and suspended him after his controversial commentary, and has since launched a review of the controversy, according to the university’s interim President Robert Groves, who made the comments at a hearing in front of the House Education and Workforce Committee.

Georgetown University Interim President Robert M. Groves supported the university’s campus in Qatar and highlighted the university’s response to antisemitism during a U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing July 15.

The Department of Education has notified at least 60 universities they are under investigation for antisemitic discrimination and harassment. Some Republican lawmakers are blaming certain faculty

Georgetown Interim President Robert Groves testifies to the university's response to alleged antisemitic incidents on campus.