Harvard University will provide additional protections for Jewish students under a settlement announced on Tuesday.

The recent Global 100 survey conducted by the Anti-Defamation League has revealed a disturbing truth: antisemitism is not only persisting but thriving in our modern world. With an estimated 2.2 billion adults worldwide harboring deeply ingrained antisemitic attitudes,

Harvard’s settlement of two antisemitism lawsuits Tuesday sparked pointed reactions from student groups on campus, ranging from reserved hope to fury and fears of censorship.

The lawsuits came after Harvard faced fierce criticism over its handling of anti-Israel protests that erupted on campus amid the Israel-Hamas war. Jewish students alleged they were bullied, spat on, intimidated, threatened and subjected to verbal and physical harassment.

Several other schools have recently settled similar lawsuits, and suits are pending against others, including the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.

The Ivy League school agreed to boost protections for Jewish students.

The nation’s richest Ivy League university lost millions in fundraising dollars after drawing donor ire over antisemitism on campus. These settlements could be the first step to assuaging those concerns.

"Elon Musk has repeatedly pushed for the racist and antisemitic 'Great Replacement' conspiracy theory, endorsed the Nazi-sympathizing German Political Party AfD, and allowed anti-Jewish hate to proliferate unabated on his website, X," said Goldman in the statement, which was emailed to Newsweek on Tuesday.

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The Massachusetts university agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to the plaintiffs, but it did not admit to any wrongdoing or liability.

Established by the United Nations General Assembly to be observed on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau — Jan. 27, 1945 — the day is to be a solemn memorial of the six million Jewish people, and five million non-Jews, killed in the Holocaust.