Biden offers qualified condemnation of antisemitic protests at Columbia

President Joe Biden delivered a qualified denunciation of anti-Israel protests on college campuses, voicing support for the Palestinian people as he condemned the wave of antisemitism facing Jewish students.

The president, asked by reporters about a series of disruptive protests sweeping elite universities including Columbia University and Yale University, denounced the tactics of protesters, who have established pro-Palestinian encampments that have led to harassment and intimidation on campus.

“I condemn the antisemitic protests,” Biden said on Monday in Virginia. “That’s why I have set up a program to deal with...