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Despite aggregate efforts connected Monday to get an reply from nan White House, officials remained silent connected nan rumor of whether President Biden intends to deploy nan U.S. National Guard to break up anti-Israel protests astatine Columbia University.
Fox News Digital asked nan White House whether it would remark connected nan business astatine Columbia University and if it required national intervention, but didn't person immoderate response. The soundlessness comes arsenic hundreds of anti-Israel agitators person mounted disruptive protests astatine nan university's field successful New York City, pinch immoderate calling for unit against Jews and Jewish students.
"Eisenhower sent nan 101st to Little Rock," Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said successful a societal media station Monday. "It’s clip for Biden to telephone retired nan National Guard astatine our universities to protect Jewish Americans."
"The nascent pogroms astatine Columbia person to extremity TODAY, earlier our Jewish brethren beryllium for Passover Seder tonight," Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., added. "If Eric Adams won’t nonstop nan NYPD and Kathy Hochul won’t nonstop nan National Guard, Joe Biden has a work to return complaint and break up these mobs."
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It remains unclear whether President Biden would return action to break up anti-Israel protests raging astatine Columbia University. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Last week, anti-Israel agitators initiated protests, staging what they branded a "Gaza solidarity encampment" on nan Columbia University campus and shutting down a cardinal section astatine nan university. The protesters, who erected tents arsenic portion of nan action, called for hostilities successful nan Middle East to extremity and for nan assemblage to divest of companies that person ties to Israel.
On Friday, constabulary collapsed up nan objection and arrested much than 100 students, charging them pinch trespassing.
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However, much protesters person arrived connected nan segment since those arrests and person fought many times pinch constabulary officers. Some protesters person loudly chanted antisemitic slogans, pledged allegiance to Hamas and moreover endorsed unit against Jewish people.
In consequence to nan conflict, Columbia University Rabbi Elie Buechler recommended Jewish students time off field because of information concerns, and Columbia University President Dr. Nemat Shafik said Monday that classes would beryllium virtual to debar further violence.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., pictured, and Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., not pictured, called connected Biden to nonstop nan National Guard successful consequence to nan protests. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
"I americium profoundly saddened by what is happening connected our campus," Shafik wrote connected Monday. "Our bonds arsenic a organization person been severely tested successful ways that will return a awesome woody of clip and effort to reaffirm. Students crossed an array of communities person conveyed fears for their information and we person announced further actions we are taking to reside information concerns."
"The decibel of our disagreements has only accrued successful caller days," she continued. "These tensions person been exploited and amplified by individuals who are not affiliated pinch Columbia who person travel to field to prosecute their ain agendas."
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Meanwhile, President Biden issued a connection Sunday up of Passover, commemorating nan Jewish vacation while besides condemning rising antisemitic attitudes crossed nan country.
Protests, specified arsenic those staged astatine Columbia University, person raged successful nan U.S. successful nan aftermath of Hamas' attacks connected guiltless Israeli citizens connected Oct. 7, which sparked Israel to bombard Palestinian territories successful Gaza.
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"The ancient communicative of persecution against Jews successful nan Haggadah besides reminds america that we must speak retired against nan alarming surge of antisemitism – successful our schools, communities, and online," Biden said.
"Silence is complicity. Even successful caller days, we’ve seen harassment and calls for unit against Jews. This blatant antisemitism is reprehensible and vulnerable – and it has perfectly nary spot connected assemblage campuses, aliases anyplace successful our country."
Thomas Catenacci is simply a authorities writer for Fox News Digital.
