Netanyahu Slams Pro-Palestine Demonstrations on US Campuses, Saying “World Can’t…”

Pro-Palestine demonstrations over the increasing number of fatalities in Gaza have expanded to additional US college campuses. Jewish students allege that the campus occupation that resulted in the arrest of over a hundred students was antisemitic.

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Protests against the Gaza war have been taking place at some of the most prominent US schools and institutions, which is the greatest backer of Israel. A cease-fire, a halt to US military assistance to Israel, and the divestiture of university funds from weapons suppliers and corporations that profit from the conflict are among their demands.
Over 100 students were detained at Columbia University in New York, the epicenter of the demonstrations, after the police dispersal of a pro-Palestine event last week. It canceled in-person sessions last Monday and moved to virtual learning amid escalating tensions.
On Wednesday at the University of Texas in Austin, students who were leaving with the slogan “down with occupation” were met by riot police. Following the arrest of more than twenty protestors, State Governor Greg Abbott said, “These protestors belong in jail.” “Students joining in hate-filled, antisemitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled,” declared Governor Greg Abbott.
At the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, hundreds of students began an occupation and chanted “free, free Palestine” and other divisive chants. As a result, up to 50 protestors were taken into custody. The university announced that it was closed to outsiders as a result of this. But here would be the continuation of classes.
At Yale, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), UC Berkeley, the University of Michigan, and Brown, protests have also broken out. Students at Harvard have started erecting tents on campus as part of an encampment exercise. Over 130 individuals were detained during a demonstration on Monday at New York University, while nine more were apparently being held at the University of Minnesota.
These demonstrations have been called “antisemitic” by a number of Jewish student organizations, who believe they are against Zionism and Israel; however, pro-Palestinian demonstrations disagree with this assessment. They argue that having anti-Israel sentiment is not the same as having anti-Semitic sentiment, which is hate for Jews.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, called the demonstrations in the US “horrific” and said that “antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities.” “What transpired at German colleges during the 1930s is eerily similar to anti-Semitism seen on American campuses today. The world can’t just watch helplessly,” he added in a video statement shared.
Speaking for the White House, Karine Jean-Pierre downplayed the demonstrations and said that Biden supported free expression. She informed reporters. Vice President Biden “believes that free speech, debate, and non-discrimination on college campuses are important.” In response to pro-Palestine demonstrations, the White House had already denounced antisemitism on college campuses.
When House Speaker Mike Johnson visited the Columbia campus on Wednesday, he was met by jeers, which he described as a “virus of antisemitism” and a “mob rule.”. His idea to deploy the National Guard aroused intense feelings and evoked memories of the 1970 shooting deaths of unarmed students who were against the Vietnam War.
After the Palestinian Hamas organization stormed nearby towns on October 7 and left at least 1,170 people dead, Israel declared war on the group. As the conflict enters its seventh month, the health ministry administered by Hamas reports 34,200 fatalities in Gaza, raising alarms throughout the globe.