The White House today called for peaceful student rallies in support of Gaza, which have multiplied in recent days at American universities, while 275 people were detained at those rallies over the weekend.
"We respect the right to peaceful protests. However, we condemn the anti-Semitic statements that have been heard recently, as well as hate speech and threats of violence," White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told the American television network ABC (ABC). .
The movement of pro-Palestinian American demonstrators has increased in recent days, after the first such gathering held at Columbia University in New York.
Students protesting the war in the Gaza Strip are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and distance themselves from companies that support the conflict.
Some Jewish students say that the protests have turned into anti-Semitism and that they have become afraid to attend university lectures.
Over the weekend, 100 people were arrested on campus at a university in Boston, 80 at the University of Missouri, 72 at the University of Arizona and 23 at the University of Indiana.
Jill Stein, candidate of the Green party in the upcoming presidential elections in November, was also detained on Saturday. She participated in a gathering of university students in St. Louis, Missouri.
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