White House condemns antisemitic actions of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University in New York City, on April 20, 2024. (Leonardo Munoz / AFP)
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University in New York City, on April 20, 2024. (Leonardo Munoz / AFP)

The White House condemns the pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked New York City’s Columbia University over the past week, leading the school’s campus Orthodox rabbi to urge Jewish students to stay away from campus for the time being.

“While every American has the right to peaceful protest, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community are blatantly antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous – they have absolutely no place on any college campus, or anywhere in the United States of America,” White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates tells The Times of Israel.

“Echoing the rhetoric of terrorist organizations, especially in the wake of the worst massacre committed against the Jewish people since the Holocaust, is despicable. We condemn these statements in the strongest terms,” Bates says.

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