Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza protests on US campuses ‘horrific’ | World News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday condemned pro-Palestinian pupil protests in US universities as “horrific”, saying the demonstrations “need to be stopped”.
Universities throughout the US — Israel’s shut ally and high supplier of navy help — have been rocked by demonstrations over Israel’s relentless assault on Gaza, triggering mass arrests and shutting down courses at a few of the most prestigious US establishments.
“What’s taking place in America’s faculty campuses is horrific,” Netanyahu mentioned in an announcement, echoing considerations voiced primarily by supporters of Israel over the security of Israeli or Jewish college students and college because the protests intensify.
“Anti-Semitic mobs have taken over main universities,” claimed Netanyahu.
“They name for the annihilation of Israel. They assault Jewish college students. They assault Jewish school,” he mentioned.
“It is unconscionable. It needs to be stopped.”
He argued the “response of a number of college presidents was shameful” and mentioned extra wanted to be finished.
“What’s essential now could be for all of us, all of us who… cherish our values and our civilisation, to face up collectively and to say, ‘sufficient is sufficient’,” Netanyahu mentioned.
Universities have turn into the main target of intense cultural debate in the US since Hamas’s October 7 assault and Israel’s overwhelming navy response, as a humanitarian disaster grips Gaza.
Hamas’s assault resulted within the deaths of round 1,170 folks, Israelis and foreigners, in accordance with an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
