The White House condemned “in the strongest terms” ongoing anti-Israel protests at faculties throughout the U.S., together with at Columbia University in New York City, on Sunday, saying they haven’t any place anyplace within the U.S.
“While every American has the right to peaceful protest, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community are blatantly Antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous – they have absolutely no place on any college campus, or anywhere in the United States of America,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates mentioned. “And echoing the rhetoric of terrorist organizations, especially in the wake of the worst massacre committed against the Jewish people since the Holocaust, is despicable. We condemn these statements in the strongest terms.”
Anti-Israel agitators occupied the college’s south garden for hours on Wednesday whereas the college’s president, Minouche Shafik, testified earlier than congress in regards to the antisemitism on Columbia’s campus.
An encampment with tents was arrange on the principle garden of campus, and the protests continued into the evening and for days.
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NYPD officers patrol as anti-Israel agitators exhibit outdoors of Columbia University’s campus in New York City on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Multiple college students have been arrested as officers cleared an encampment on the campus’ garden. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)
Protests have referred to as for an intifada and the dying of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. One Jewish Columbia University scholar was even informed to “kill yourself” and repeatedly kicked within the abdomen in the course of the protests.
Tensions continued to construct, and on Thursday, the New York City Police Department arrested 108 individuals who refused to depart the encampment, every of whom was issued a summons for trespassing.
Fox News realized that the college started handing out suspension notices to college students who have been arrested on Thursday.
ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS OCCUPY COLUMBIA CAMPUS AS UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT FACES GRILLING FROM CONGRESS
Anti-Israel protesters took over the principle garden on Columbia University’s campus in New York City, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (WNYW)
Fox News Digital reached out to President Shafik for touch upon the protests.
The college issued an announcement in regards to the protest.
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“As President Shafik has said repeatedly, the safety of our community is our number one priority,” the college mentioned. “Columbia students have the right to protest, but they are not allowed to disrupt campus life or harass and intimidate fellow students and members of our community. We are acting on concerns we are hearing from our Jewish students and are providing additional support and resources to ensure that our community remains safe.”
Fox News Digital’s Gabriel Hays and Fox News’ CB Cotton contributed to this report.
