Tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups have sprung up on some US campuses.
WASHINGTON: Biden administration officials, voicing alarm at reports of anti-Jewish incidents at US universities, met American Jewish leaders on Monday to discuss steps to counter the surge, a White House official said.
She said the Biden administration was closely monitoring threats at Cornell University in New York, and would do “everything we can” to counter anti-Jewish actions and threats across the country. Hamas fighters in Gaza breached the barrier to Israel on Oct. 7. Israel said Hamas killed 1,400 people and captured 239. Israel responded with a bombardment of Gaza that medical authorities there say has killed more than 8,000 people.
The Jewish leaders included representatives of the campus Jewish organization Hillel, the Anti-Defamation League and the National Council of Jewish Women, the White House official said. Biden hosted a meeting last Thursday with a handful of Muslim leaders, a White House official said, adding that administration officials continue to meet with Arab and Muslim community members concerned by Biden’s handling of the crisis.
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