US President Joe Biden on Thursday, May 2 urged that “order must prevail” as pro-Palestinian protests rock college campuses across the country, saying that violent protest is not protected under the law.
Biden has come under fire from pro-Palestinian protesters who argue he is supporting genocide in Gaza as he maintains that Israel has a right to defend itself, an accusation the White House has repeatedly denied. While protesters demand an immediate cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas, Biden has continued to state his support of Israel even as he criticizes its handling of the war and the lives lost in Gaza in the months following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on the country.
Following days of silence on the issue since the arrests of students and other pro-Gaza protesters at Columbia University, the University of California, Los Angeles, Biden emphasized that “peaceful protest is in the best tradition of how Americans respond to consequential issues” and that the U.S. is…
Source: Linda Ikeji
