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Thursday, July 25, 2024
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Thursday, July 25, 2024
White House decries anti-Israel protests as ‘disgraceful’
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on July 24 in preparation for a large protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo by andrew thomas / AFP)
WASHINGTON — The White House is tearing into the conduct of anti-Israel protesters who rioted and clashed with police outside the Capitol building where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress, saying “antisemitism and violence are never acceptable.”
“Identifying with evil terrorist organizations like Hamas, burning the American flag, or forcibly removing the American flag and replacing it with another, is disgraceful,” deputy press secretary Andrew Bates says in a statement.
“Every American has the right to peaceful protest. But shamefully, not everyone demonstrated peacefulness today,” he adds.
