Netanyahu condemns pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses, calling them anti-Semitic

The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahucondemned this Wednesday the pro-Palestinian student protests that spread across university campuses in U.Swhich he described as horrendous and anti-Semitic.

“What is happening on U.S. campuses is horrific. Anti-Semitic mobs They took over the top universities“, said the president in a video message recorded in English.

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A few days ago, some of the great American universities, such as Colombiain New York, Berkeleyin Californiaany Yalein ConnecticutThey are the scene of protests and occupations with tents in which, above all, there is a change of direction in the politics of the washington in the direction Israel.

Netanyahu He said that the demonstrations remind “to what happened in German universities in the 1930s.”

“We see this exponential increase in anti-Semitism through USA and in all Western societies, while Israel tries to defend itself from genocidal terrorists, terrorists genocidal that hides behind civilians”guaranteed the president.

Netanyahu He also warned that anti-Semitic incidents often precede “biggest conflicts that involve the entire world.”

At least 34,200 people died and more than 77,000 were injured in the Israeli military offensive in Linkfollowing the Hamas attacks on October 7 that left around 1,200 dead on Israeli soil, in addition to 253 kidnapped.

About two-thirds of those killed in the Palestinian enclave are women and children, according to authorities Gazans.

Columbia Universitythe epicenter of campus protests, reached a last-minute deal with activists last night to limit the scope of their protests.

This agreement, which avoided police dismantling at midnight last night, gives campers 48 hours to limit their protest under certain terms: reduce the number of tents, expel non-university activists, ban “discriminatory language and comply with police safety instructions.

In this way, the right to freedom of expression is protected and at the same time responses to complaints about the lack of security caused by the presence and activity of dozens of tents in the middle of the main campus, or about allegedly anti-Semitic behavior. of some of those who camped alongside other students of the Jewish confession.

Source: Elcomercio

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