India, March 20 -- The United States government has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing the Ivy League school of failing to adequately protect Jewish and Israeli students on its campus, according to court papers filed on Friday.

The legal action marks a significant escalation, with the Trump administration seeking to recover billions of dollars in taxpayer funds tied to the university.

According to the lawsuit, Harvard remains deliberately indifferent to hostility on its campus and has intentionally refused to enforce its campus rules when victims are Jews or Israelis, news agency Reuters said.

"This sent the clear message to Harvard's Jewish and Israeli community that the indifference was not an accident; t...