{"id":2231192,"date":"2024-04-26T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T22:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-condemns-columbia-student-leader-who-said-zionists-dont-deserve-to-live\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T18:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T22:02:05","slug":"white-house-condemns-columbia-student-leader-who-said-zionists-dont-deserve-to-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-condemns-columbia-student-leader-who-said-zionists-dont-deserve-to-live\/","title":{"rendered":"The White House condemns Columbia student leader for anti-Zionist statement"},"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\">20<\/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-condemns-columbia-student-leader-who-said-zionists-dont-deserve-to-live%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=2231192&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-love-reproductive-choice-until-women-choose-to-stop-taking-the-pill\/\" title=\"Media supports reproductive choice until women opt to discontinue using contraception\">summary discusses<\/a> \u2062a White House spokesman&#8217;s \u2063condemnation \u2062of a Columbia student leader&#8217;s anti-Zionist remarks, highlighting the severity of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">statements<\/a> \u200dand emphasizing the\u2064 need for vigilance against such dangerous\u200d sentiments. The statements were\u200b deemed alarming and a call for reflection\u200b on advocating violence against any group. President Biden&#8217;s stance on violence is reaffirmed in the summary.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> spokesman condemned the words of 20-year-old Khymani James, who said during a disciplinary hearing in January that \u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live\u201d and \u201cBe grateful that I\u2019m not just going out and murdering Zionists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese dangerous, appalling statements turn the stomach and should serve as a wakeup call,\u201d White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement confirmed by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cIt is hideous to advocate for the murder of Jews. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>President Biden<\/a> has been clear that violent rhetoric, hate speech, and <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Antisemitic<\/a> remarks have no place in America whatsoever, and he will always stand against them.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Bates also said that if a White House employee had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-deputy-spox-has-history-of-anti-cop-rhetoric\/\" title=\"State Dept. Deputy Spox Has History of Anti-Cop Rhetoric\">made similar comments<\/a>, that person would be \u201cfired immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>News: WH spokesperson Andrew Bates responds to the reporting on Columbia student leader of recent protests who said at a disciplinary hearing in January that \u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bates: \u201cThese dangerous, appalling statements turn the stomach and should serve as a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XQdrPmB89X\">pic.twitter.com\/XQdrPmB89X<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/1783949935643127984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>James took to X to apologize for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uncovering-maxine-waters-full-2018-speech-democrat-celebrated-kicking-and-stepping-on-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Uncovering Maxine Waters\u2019 Full 2018 Speech: Democrat Celebrated \u2018Kicking\u2019 And \u2018Stepping On\u2019 Donald Trump\">violent words<\/a>, but he also expressed he was \u201cfrustrated\u201d that his words \u201chave become a distraction from the movement of Palestine liberation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also want people to have more context for my words, which I regret,\u201d James said in a statement shared on X. \u201cFar right agitators went through months of my social media feed until they found a clip that they edited without context. When I recorded it, I had been unusually upset after an online mob targeted me because I am visibly black and Queer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The January\u00a0hearing was conducted by Columbia University\u2019s Center for Student Success and Intervention, and it was focused on a comment James shared on social media centered on him fighting a Zionist. \u201cI don\u2019t fight to injure or for there to be a winner or a loser, I fight to kill,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A White House spokesman denounced 20-year-old Khymani James for his alarming comments during a disciplinary hearing where he expressed hostility towards Zionists. The spokesperson emphasized the gravity of these statements, calling them dangerous and disturbing, urging for reflection and awareness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3098,"featured_media":2231193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24113745052176-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2231192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24113745052176-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3098"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2231192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2231192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2231193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2231192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2231192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2231192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}