Biden to condemn current antisemitism in Holocaust remembrance amid college protests and Gaza war

By ZEKE MILLER
AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to issue a forceful condemnation of antisemitism during a ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust. Tuesday’s speech comes as the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy over the war in Gaza have sparked new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews. Biden’s remarks at the Capitol will play out as pro-Palestinian protests — some of which have involved antisemitic chants and threats toward Jewish students and supporters of Israel — rock college campuses across the country. Biden has struggled to balance his support for Israel since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack with his efforts to constrain its war on the militant group in Gaza.