Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 9th May. US President Joe Biden on Wednesday has strongly condemned anti-Semitism at pro-Palestinian protests at universities and reaffirmed his “ironclad” support for Israel.
“My commitment to the safety of the Jewish people, the security of Israel, and its right to exist as an independent Jewish state is ironclad. Even when we disagree,” Biden said at the US Capitol at an event commemorated the victims of the Holocaust.
“There is no place on any campus in America or any place in America for anti-Semitism or hate speech or threats of violence of any kind,” he said.
According to media reports, some of the rallies in support of Palestine at US campuses have also criticized Biden’s Middle East policy.
He has become more critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s actions in the Gaza war.
Biden in his speech said people must learn from history and pointed to the unprecedented massacre of more than 1,200 people by militants from the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas and other groups in Israel on October 7 that led to the war.
He said that too many people deny, denigrate or distort the Holocaust and October 7, including the “appalling use of sexual violence by Hamas to torture and terrorize Jews,”. This is “despicable” and must stop.
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