Harvard University, which has been embroiled in numerous anti-Semitism controversies, has settled two lawsuits alleging anti-Semitic and anti-Israel discrimination, with one student vowing to keep fighting until justice is served.

Harvard has settled two lawsuits filed by the Louis Brandeis Center alleging anti-Semitic discrimination and Another lawsuit filed by anti-Semitic students and Shabbos Kestenabaum.

A complaint from the Brandeis Center alleges that three Harvard Kennedy School students were discriminated against because of their Israeli status during spring 2023 classes. The lawsuit alleges that when students proposed a research project on liberal Jewish democracy in Israel, their professor told them the topic was "offensive" and that they would suffer "consequences" if they did not change the topic.

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Professor Gantz, who teaches the course, compares the "Jewish state" to "white supremacy" and subjects pro-Palestinian students to students by allowing them to make virulent anti-Israel and anti-Semitic remarks in class while denying Israeli students the ability to do so. further discrimination. in response, the lawsuit states. Discrimination reached its peak in the classroom, where the professor, his faculty, and the entire class were photographed wearing hijabs. Israeli students felt targeted and refused to participate.

An external investigation into the incident commissioned by the Brandeis Center concluded that the students faced a "hostile learning environment" and that Harvard Kennedy School failed to protect them from a "bias-free learning environment." influence. Harvard agreed with the report's findings, but the lawsuit alleges they failed to respond appropriately.

In another disturbing allegation from the Brandeis Center, an Israeli Jewish student at Harvard Business School was violently attacked by pro-Hamas activists on campus. The student, who was wearing a blue bracelet to show support for the Jewish state, tried to film an anti-Israel protest on campus but was mobbed by "security law enforcement officers" who pushed and shoved him.

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The lawsuit alleges that Harvard failed to properly discipline violent students and attempted to "cover up the incident."

In Students Against Anti-Semitism and Kestenbaum lawsuit, Harvard University is accused of being a "bastion of rampant Jew hatred."

The lawsuit points to former Harvard University President Claudine Gay's disastrous testimony before the House Education Committee in December 2023, in which she refused to say whether calls for genocide against Jews violated the school's anti-bullying and Harassment Provisions. , rather than claiming that it "depends on context". Kestenbaum claims that a Harvard staff member harassed him online multiple times and that the school failed to take appropriate action to protect him.

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Although the Brandeis Center and SAS have agreed to settle, Kestenbaum continues to sue the Ivy League school separately.

"I'm pleased that many of our demands have been met, but the only way to ensure that no student is treated the way Harvard treated me is through punishment, accountability and discipline," Kestenbaum told Fox News Digital.

As part of the settlement, Harvard University agreed to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism as part of its non-discrimination and anti-bullying policies, host an annual symposium on anti-Semitism, and collaborate with Israeli universities.

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"The recent settlement is real progress. But there is still a long way to go before Jewish, Israeli, and Zionist students can enjoy full equality on campus. The courts and the Trump administration need to keep Harvard in check, ” said Andrew Gerard, former Hillel director at Harvard.

“This resolution is consistent with Harvard University’s commitment to combating anti-Semitism, ensuring that Jewish and Israeli students are welcome and able to thrive on campus, and treating complaints of discrimination and harassment against Jewish and Israeli students in the same manner and with the same urgency Like all protected groups,” Harvard said in a statement.