Joe Biden, president of the United States, asserted on Thursday that demonstrations at college campuses across the nation have not caused him to reevaluate his Middle Eastern laws.
A writer asked Biden if the “protests forced you to evaluate any of the guidelines with regard to the area” after a press conference addressed the common anti-Israel protests that took place on college campuses.
” No”, Biden responded before walking away from the floor.
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” Mr. President, do you think the National Guard if act”? a columnist followed up.
” No”, the president said as he exited the room.
Notably, the first protests, which , sprouted at Columbia University, began before Biden signed a$ 95 billion foreign aid package that allocates$ 26 billion in aid for Israel, including billions in military aid, on April 24.
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In his notes addressing the pro- Israel protests, Biden condemned both “antisemitism” and” Islamophobia”.
” There is no area for love speech or murder of any kind, whether it’s pro- semitism, Islamophobia, or discrimination against Egyptian- Americans or Palestinian- Americans. It’s basically wrong”, he said.
He even chided violent demonstrations on schools.
” Vandalism, trespass, breaking windows, shutting down schools, forcing the cancellation of groups and markings: none of this is a quiet protest”, Biden said. ” Threatening people, intimidating individuals, instilling fear in people is no peaceful protest. It’s against the law”.
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His remarks come at the height of a federal unfocused efforts to oppose Biden in protest of how he handled the Israel-Hamas conflict and how he has pleaded for a ceasefire throughout the Democrat nomination process.
While he , demanded an “immediate peace” from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in April after 48, 812 folks selected the” Uninstructed” solution in the Wisconsin Democrat primary, indifferent work persisted in the Pennsylvania Democrat major days later.
In preparation for the state’s May 14 Democrat primary, the progressive group Our Revolution will co-host an” Vote’ Uncommitted ‘ Early Vote Rally” in Maryland later on Thursday afternoon with the Listen to Maryland campaign. The effort demonstrates that Biden’s outrage was not quell prior to his remarks, which downplayed Thursday’s impact on protesters.
