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White House: Biden believes in free speech, debate on US college campuses

By Reuters and ToI Staff 24 April 2024, 10:55 pm
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US President Joe Biden speaks at the North American Building Trades Unions 2024 Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP)
US President Joe Biden speaks at the North American Building Trades Unions 2024 Legislative Conference in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2024. (Jim Watson/AFP)

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says US President Joe Biden believes free speech, debate and nondiscrimination are important on college campuses, as anti-Israel protests spread on US college campuses amid the ongoing war in Gaza.

In a statement marking the upcoming Passover holiday earlier this week, Biden slammed “harassment and calls for violence against Jews” amid intensified protests at Columbia University as “blatant antisemitism.”

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