Joe Biden spoke – this Tuesday, May 7 – at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, on the occasion of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. The American president has denounced the rise in anti-Semitism since October 7, 2023.
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Joe Biden committed this Tuesday, May 7 to combat the progression “ formidable » of anti-Semitism, which has “not not his place » according to him UNITED STATES and in particular in universities, the scene of pro-Palestinian mobilizations.
“ We are not 75 years later. We are seven and a half months later “, declared the president on the occasion of Yom HaShoah. For Joe Biden, the anti-Semitism which led to the systematic elimination of six million European Jews by Nazi Germany and the massacre of 1,200 Jews on October 7 by Hamas is the same evil and the same hatred.
The American president forcefully accused: according to him, it is Hamas which is responsible for the massacres, hostage-taking and acts of torture and mutilation against women, men, children and the elderly, including survivors of the holocaust.
Joe Biden denounces the “ fierce thrust » anti-Semitism
Joe Biden also denounced rape used as a weapon of war at the time of the October 7 attack. The candidate for his re-election also accused what he calls a “ fierce thrust » of anti-Semitism in the United States and elsewhere.
Joe Biden particularly targeted what is happening on some university campuses. According to him, what is described there about the Shoah or October 7 is sometimes denied, minimized or explained with a certain complacency. “ Jewish students should be able to access their campus without being harassed, assaulted or threatened, without hiding their yarmulke under a cap or tucking their Star of David under their clothes ” he added.
“ This must stop » he said forcefully before specifying that his commitment to the defense of Israel remained unwavering, even when he did not agree with the decisions of the Jewish state.
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