"The recent attacks on the Jewish community are despicable, and they must stop. I condemn this hateful behavior at home and abroad – it’s up to all of us to give hate no safe harbor," American president says.
Former United States Vice President Mike Pence: Instead of seeking peace through strength, Biden has invited violence through weakness.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington remains committed to the two-state solution. blasts Hamas for its "gross mismanagement of Gaza."
In its latest report, Reut Group analyzes how clashes between Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem and the latest Israel-Gaza conflict have affected progressive discourse on Israel.
The demonstration, one of 15 organized nationwide, comes after weeks in which Jewish communities across the United States experienced antisemitism in the wake of the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Baku, which sees Jerusalem as as strategic partner, refused to condemn Israel in latest round of violence with Gaza. Azerbaijani president hails "close cooperation" with Israel.
"As Iranians, our hearts break whenever we see the death of an innocent Palestinian or Israeli child. But we know that Israel does not intentionally seek to harm these children and only a sick terrorist group like Hamas uses them as human shields," says journalist Ahmad Batebi.
The measure is unlikely to pass in the House of Representatives, where bipartisan support for arms sales to Israel has traditionally been strong.
"Thank you for your solidarity," the anti-Israel boycott movement says. "From Ferguson to Palestine, our struggles against racism, white supremacy and for a just world are united!"
The pro-Palestinian activists reportedly chant "death to Jews" and "free Palestine" during the incident, which is being investigated as a hate crime.
