The White House on Tuesday announced several additional measures aimed at curbing anti-Semitism on college campuses and elsewhere, amid heightened discrimination against Jews in the wake of last October’s terrorist attacks in Israel.
The Biden administration has announced new measures to coincide with Holocaust Remembrance Day. President Biden will commemorate the day by speaking at a ceremony hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Additional measures include new guidance from the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights to all school districts and universities in the country to prevent anti-Semitic discrimination and other forms of discrimination that could prompt investigations into violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Provide an example of hatred.
The Department of Homeland Security is working with partners to build an online campus safety resource guide to provide assistance to campuses through one portal.
The State Department’s Office of the Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism will convene technology companies to discuss how best to combat anti-Semitic content.
In his remarks Tuesday, Biden is expected to address the rise in anti-Semitic incidents since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack that killed more than 1,000 Israelis, White House officials said.
He will also discuss anti-Semitic acts that have taken place on college campuses in recent weeks amid violent protests against the war in Gaza, and will call on all Americans to unite against hatred.
The Anti-Defamation League reports a significant spike in anti-Semitic incidents following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, and the Biden administration hopes to reduce the resulting threat to Jews. We have already taken some steps to do so.
The government also outlined its first national strategy to combat anti-Semitism last May.
Biden’s comments on Tuesday came as protests across the U.S. over the war in Gaza reached a boiling point, with the White House and lawmakers criticizing aspects of the demonstrations as promoting anti-Semitism. be exposed.
The president last week criticized the violence, vandalism and forms of hatred stemming from campus protests, insisting that any demonstrations must be peaceful and avoid descending into chaos.
“There should be no place on any campus for anti-Semitism or threats of violence against Jewish students,” Biden said last week. “There is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind, including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and discrimination against Arab-Americans and Palestinian-Americans. It is simply wrong.”
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