The White House rips into an anti-Israel protest that was held earlier today in New York and included the waving of flags of the Hamas terror organization.
Seven thousand people attended the protest, four of whom were arrested after clashing with police.
“As President Biden and Vice President Harris have said, there is absolutely no place in America for the poison of antisemitism – none,” White House spokesperson Andrew Bates says in a statement to The Times of Israel.
“They and the entire Biden-Harris Administration condemn any individual associating with the repugnant terrorist organization Hamas.”
“It is especially heinous to express support for Hamas on the same day as the funeral for an innocent American hostage who they brutally murdered,” Bates adds, referring to Hersh Goldberg-Polin whose body was recovered by the IDF over the weekend after his Hamas captors killed him along with five other hostages.
“This is a moment for all Americans to come together and stand against antisemitism and against the sickening hate and evil that Hamas represents,” says the White House spokesperson.
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