Biden to call for a fight against antisemitism at a precarious moment in Israel’s war in Gaza and amid protests on campus
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President Joe Biden on Tuesday aims to issue a clarion call to fight a swiftly rising tide of antisemitism amid a precarious moment in Israel’s war against Hamas and as protests have swept American college campuses, laying bare Biden’s trouble with some young voters.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday aims to issue a clarion call to fight a swiftly rising tide of antisemitism amid a precarious moment in Israel’s war against Hamas and as protests have swept American college campuses, laying bare Biden’s trouble with some young voters. Biden’s longtime and stalwart support for Israel has come under intense pressure as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza grows. More than 34,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7 despite the president’s efforts to convince Israel to strike a balance between defending itself and preventing the deaths of Palestinian civilians. While ceasefire talks are ongoing in Cairo and Doha, Qatar, there is now the looming threat of an Israeli military invasion into the Gazan city of Rafah where many civilians have taken refuge. Biden will deliver a keynote address Tuesday at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the US Capitol, remarks the White House says will honor the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust and “recommit to heeding the lessons of this dark chapter: Never again.” Biden is expected to “speak to the horrors of October 7,” as well as the subsequent “alarming rise in antisemitism” in the US, according to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. The president plans to address the long history of antisemitism and issue what one senior administration official familiar with the remarks described as a “call to action” on combatting antisemitism. The president plans to address the recent campus unrest, the official told CNN, by reiterating that Americans have a right to peacefully demonstrate but also rejecting antisemitic hate speech and actions resulting from those protests. The protests are not expected to be a major part of the speech, the official added. Tuesday’s remarks amount to a continuation of the White House’s strong condemnation of antisemitism throughout the conflict – but take place in the context of a dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and increasingly vocal protesters at home as Biden is trying to keep a splintering 2024 coalition intact.
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