{"id":2228237,"date":"2024-04-23T15:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T19:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-bobs-and-weaves-through-questions-on-gaza-campus-protests\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T15:03:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T19:03:04","slug":"white-house-bobs-and-weaves-through-questions-on-gaza-campus-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-bobs-and-weaves-through-questions-on-gaza-campus-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"White House dodges inquiries about Gaza campus demonstrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-bobs-and-weaves-through-questions-on-gaza-campus-protests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2228237&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House addressed \u200dpro-Palestinian protests on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">college campuses<\/a> but refrained from revealing President Biden&#8217;s plans for engaging with activists. The\u200b demonstrations, which led to over \u200d100 arrests at Columbia University, have also spread to other prestigious institutions. While denouncing antisemitism, the \u200dWhite House emphasized the need to speak out against such behaviors. Your\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time\/\" title=\"Biden advocates for federal government to cover full Baltimore Bridge reconstruction expenses, acknowledges it will be a lengthy process\">summary effectively captures<\/a> the main points regarding the White House&#8217;s response to the pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, highlighting the lack of details \u200babout \u200dPresident Biden&#8217;s involvement,\u200c the escalation\u200c of protests to other universities, and the emphasis on condemning antisemitism. It provides a \u200bconcise\u2064 overview of the situation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> danced around questions Tuesday regarding the string of pro-Palestinian protests taking place on college campuses across the country, condemning displays of <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>antisemitism<\/a> from some protesters while also declining to say if President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> planned any type of interaction with the activists.<\/p>\n<p>Students began camping out on the green at Columbia University last week, resulting in more than 100 arrests, and protests have also spread to Yale University, Harvard University, the University of North Carolina, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Michigan in the ensuing days. Some of the protesters are directly calling for Biden to change his policies pursuant to Israel and its offensive in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Biden originally condemned the \u201cvile comments\u201d made by some protesters in a statement issued on Passover Monday, and White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates expanded on those comments while speaking with reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must speak out against the alarming surge of antisemitism because silence is complicity,\u201d Bates said. \u201cWhile every American has the right to peaceful protest, calls for violence and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-crow-2-0-is-imaginary-and-divisive\/\" title=\"\u2018Jim Crow 2.0\u2019 Is Imaginary \u2013 And Divisive\">physical intimidation<\/a> targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community are blatantly antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous, and they have no place on any college campus or anywhere in the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, when pressed by reporters on any plans to engage with the protesters or congressional lawmakers supporting the student activists, Bates declined to give specifics.<\/p>\n<p>Biden met with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Monday but the White House did not expand on the subject of the meeting. Ocasio-Cortez joined Biden at Monday\u2019s Earth Day celebration in Virginia, where she lauded the \u201cleadership\u201d of the student protesters at Columbia. The president, in turn, suggested that he planned to speak with Ocasio-Cortez after the event about the situation in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that this is a painful moment for many communities,\u201d Bates continued. \u201cWe respect that, and we support every American\u2019s right to peacefully protest. That\u2019s something that we have been consistent about. But as I said, when we witness calls for violence, physical intimidation, hateful, antisemitic rhetoric, those are unacceptable. We will denounce them. The president knows that silence is complicity and that\u2019s why he uses the platforms he has to try to ensure that our fellow Americans are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>]Tuesday\u2019s gaggle can be heard in full below.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"dMELeyHGA_A\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"04\/23\/24: Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates Gaggle Aboard Air Force One En Route to Tampa, FL\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dMELeyHGA_A?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House avoided questions about pro-Palestinian protests on campuses, condemning antisemitism but withholding details on President Biden&#8217;s engagement plans. 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