Joe Biden has confronted criticism from all sides of the political spectrum over the protests. (File)

Washington:

President Joe Biden broke his digital silence Thursday on the nationwide Gaza campus protests, saying the USA was not authoritarian however insisting “order should prevail.”

In a televised tackle from the White Home, Biden added that there was “no place” for anti-Semitism on college campuses, which have been roiled by pro-Palestinian demonstrations amid Israel’s struggle on Hamas in Gaza.

The 81-year-old Democrat — whose reelection bid in November faces a problem from voters against the struggle — mentioned there needed to be a stability between the correct to peaceable protest and the necessity to forestall violence.

“We’re not an authoritarian nation the place we silence individuals or squash dissent,” Biden mentioned from the rostrum within the Roosevelt Room of the White Home.

“However neither are we a lawless nation,” added Biden. “We’re a civil society, and order should prevail.”

The US president additionally mentioned the protests couldn’t be allowed to disrupt lessons and graduations for hundreds of scholars at campuses throughout the USA.

Biden has confronted criticism from all sides of the political spectrum over the protests, a number of of which have been damaged up by police in latest days with dozens of individuals arrested.

Republicans have accused him of being delicate on what they are saying is anti-Semitic sentiment among the many protesters, whereas he faces widespread opposition in his personal social gathering for his robust help for Israel’s lethal army offensive.

“There must be no place on any campus, no place in America for anti-Semitism, or threats of violence in opposition to Jewish college students,” Biden added.

“There isn’t a place for hate speech or violence of any form, whether or not it is anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, or discrimination in opposition to Arab People or Palestinian People,” he mentioned.

“It is merely flawed.”

His feedback got here after Israel’s president on Thursday mentioned US universities consumed by campus protests had been “contaminated by hatred and anti-Semitism.”

After his remarks, Biden mentioned “no” when requested if the US Nationwide Guard ought to intervene to interrupt up the demonstrations.

He additionally mentioned “no” about whether or not the protests would change his coverage of robust help for the Israeli offensive on Hamas in Gaza following the October 7 assaults on Israel.

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