United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday (May 7) cautioned of a "ferocious surge" in antisemitism during his Holocaust memorial speech amid a sharp rise in the number of Gaza protests in US universities.

Israel-Hamas war: Biden condemns ‘ferocious surge’ in antisemitism amid US campus Gaza protests

Harvard University's president Claudine Gay, who had courted controversy over the testimony she gave about antisemitism on campus, received unanimous backing from several hundred faculty members of the educational institution and will remain in her position, the institution's governing body released a statement saying on Tuesday (Dec 12).

Harvard's president receives university board's backing amid antisemitism row

The Israel-Hamas war, which is intensifying with each passing day, has ignited tensions in many university campuses across the United States. Two universities in particular - Harvard and UPenn (University of Pennsylvania) have been in the spotlight for rising antisemitism on campus after the war started on October 7.

Explained | Amid Israel-Hamas war, head rolls in turmoil at top US universities over antisemitism row