Blinken criticizes that in student protests in the US “nothing is said about Hamas”

The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkencriticized this Monday that in the student protests against the war in Link that take place in dozens of universities in U.S “nothing is said about Hamas”nor of the Islamic group’s attacks against Israel on October 7th.

“I must say that I would like other elements to be reflected in what people say and do. I don’t hear anything said about Hamas“, said the head of North American diplomacy during a conversation at the World Economic Forum (WEF), taking place in Saudi Arabia.

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Blink He also lamented that in these student protests “reflect” about the October 7th attacks that Hamas launched against Israel and they settled with around 1,200 dead and the capture of more than 200 hostages.

“Where is the demand for Hamas? There was silence. It’s almost as if he’s been erased from history.”criticized the senior North American official, who asked students to “reflect” while stating that he “deeply understands the emotion that people are expressing” in the University campus.

Furthermore, Blink consider “Yes Hamas he would have stopped hiding behind civilians, he would have dropped his weapons, would have returned the hostages and if he had given up, none of the suffering we have seen since would have happened”.

Student protests against the war in Link spread over the weekend across dozens of universities across U.Sleading to hundreds of arrests and clashes between protesters and law enforcement.

The demonstrations, which began in Columbia University in New York and has spread across campuses in dozens of states, including Georgia, Indiana, California and Texashave in common the rejection of US policy towards Israel and the request for educational centers to sever relations with the Israeli government and the private sector.

The American president, Joe Bidencondemned what he called “anti-Semitic demonstrations”at universities and rejected “for those who don’t understand what is happening in Palestine”.

Source: Elcomercio

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