The Los Angeles office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Monday condemned USC for alleged “collaborations” with the Israeli military in connection with surgical training, but the university’s medical school countered that its educational program is “focused solely on preparing medical professionals to deliver lifesaving care wherever trauma occurs.”

CAIR-LA contends that a review of contracts reveals that USC received more than $860,000 from the U.S. Navy to provide human cadavers, including 32 bodies specifically used for medical training of Israeli forces at L.A. General Medical Center.

The Keck School of Medicine said in a statement that for more than two decades “U.S. Navy medical personnel have completed trauma training courses provided by the USC Surgical Skills Simulati

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