President Biden reaffirms support for Israel amid protests

President Joe Biden’s virtue signaled to the nation his strong and continued support for Israel’s unjust occupation of Gaza and its brutality against the Palestinians.

On May 2, the Commander-in-Chief addressed the press and voters regarding the violence that occurred on May 1 during protests at Columbia University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The 81-year-old president expressed his belief that folks had the proper to protest and assemble peacefully, but using violence wouldn’t be tolerated. He also stated that the United States just isn’t a “lawless country” and that there have to be order in “civil society.”

“The first is the right to freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble and express one’s voice. The second is the rule of law. Both need to be maintained. We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people and suppress dissent. The American people are heard. In fact, peaceful protest is the best tradition of how Americans respond to the problems that arise. But… but we are not a lawless country either. We are a civil society and there must be order,” Biden said.

“We have often encountered moments like this throughout our history because we are a large, diverse, free-thinking and freedom-loving nation. At times like these, there will always be those in a hurry to score political points. But this is not the moment for politics. This is a moment for clarity.”

Biden continued: “Let me be clear. Peaceful Protest in America – Violent protest is not protected; is a peaceful protest. When violence occurs, it is against the law.”

He maintained his support for Israel, although he expressed that Palestinians, Arabs and their supporters didn’t should be persecuted.

“But let’s get this straight too. There should be no place on any campus in America for anti-Semitism and threats of violence against Jewish students. There is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind, whether it is anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, or discrimination against Arab Americans or Palestinian Americans.”

When a reporter asked Biden whether pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses had modified his support for Israel, he replied: “No.”

Although Biden alluded to protesters inciting violence and chaos against Jewish students, pro-Palestinian supporters don’t seem like a gaggle causing violence on various college campuses.

On May 1, roughly 150–200 pro-Israel supporters apparently attacked a pro-Palestinian camp on the University of California, Los Angeles, attacking students and others standing with Palestinians in Gaza. Aggressive supporters of the colonizers were armed with sticks and tried to remove the barricade from the protester’s headquarters.

The disturbing footage shows various men kicking and punching others while they were on the bottom.

At Columbia University in New York, Palestinian students and their supporters sharply criticized the varsity for calling SWAT on its students.

Jewish Columbia University student Cameron Jones revealed that there have been numerous Jewish students on campus who had renounced their Zionist faith and Israel’s egregious actions.

Guardian indicated universities, including Columbia, Harvard, and Penn State, have demonstrated incredulous bias against students supporting Palestinians in Gaza. When teachers and administrators could empower their students to fight for what they believed in, they called the police. Specifically, there have been students at Columbia in April detained and tied up zippered, although there have been no violent explosions. A recent Gallup poll found young adults’ support for Israel dropped dramatically.

Biden’s virtue signaling adds further fodder to the continued saga between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza.