Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is calling on President Joe Biden to send the U.S. National Guard to college campuses to 'guarantee Jewish students' safety.'
“Eisenhower sent the 101st to Little Rock,” Hawley said in a post to X. “It’s time for Biden to call out the National Guard at our universities to protect Jewish Americans.”
“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 BatesBiden also issued a statement acknowledging the beginning of Passover, saying that his commitment to the safety of the Jewish people and the...
Hawley is the latest member of Congress to speak out about the rise in antisemitism on college and university campuses. Calls to protect Jewish students resurged after demonstrations from pro-Palestinian groupsas its president, Minouche Shafik, was testifying on Capitol Hill last week. Last week, more than 100 students at Columbia University and Barnard College were arrested for being involved with a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.” Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter, Isra Hirsi, was one of the studentsThe level of campus unrest following clashes between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators resulted in Shafik making classes virtual on Monday, with the president condemning “intimidating and harassing behavior” from pro-Palestinian protesters.
Sen. Josh Hawley questions Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg as he and others appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on online child safety on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Washington.
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