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Blinken criticizes protesting students' 'silence' on Hamas

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washington — As student protests against Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza continue at more than three dozen American universities, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the demonstrations were "a hallmark" of American democracy. At the same time, he criticized the students for their “silence" on Hamas. "It is also notable that there is silence about Hamas. It's as if it wasn't even part of the story," Blinken said to reporters Friday during a…

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"Hallmark Of Our Democracy": Antony Blinken On US Campus Protests

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that campus protests sweeping the United States over the Middle East were part of democracy, but criticised the "silence" over the Palestinian militants Hamas. Police have carried out large-scale arrests in universities across the United States, at times using chemical irritants and tasers to disperse protests over Israel's war with Hamas. Speaking in Beijing following a day of meetings with high-…

11 days ago·New Delhi, India

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The Straits Times

Top US diplomat Blinken says Gaza protests a hallmark of democracy, decries ‘silence’ on Hamas

His comments come after police in the US clashed with students critical of the war and the Biden administration's support for Israel's war in Gaza, with nearly 550 arrests made over the protests across major US universities. Read more at straitstimes.com.

11 days ago·Singapore

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Arab News

Blinken says Gaza protests a hallmark of democracy, decries ‘silence’

BEIJING: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday protests at US universities over US-ally Israel’s war in Gaza are a hallmark of American democracy, but criticized what he called the “silence” about Palestinian militant group Hamas. Police have clashed with students critical of the war and the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza, with nearly 550 arrests made over the protests in the last week across major US univ…

11 days ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Blinken criticizes protesting students' 'silence' on Hamas

10 days ago·United States

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La Tercera

Blinken says pro-Palestinian protests in the US are part of democracy, but criticizes “silence” about Hamas

The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, said this Friday from Beijing that pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the country are part of the American “force of democracy”, although he has criticized the “silence” surrounding the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), while demonstrations spread to more than 60 universities in the country. “It's a hallmark of our democracy that our citizens make their views, concer…

10 days ago·Chile

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Blinken says Gaza protests a hallmark of democracy, decries ‘silence’ on Hamas

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday protests at U.S. universities over U.S.-ally Israel’s war in Gaza are a hallmark of American democracy, but criticized what he called the “silence” about Palestinian militant group Hamas. Police have clashed with students critical of the war and the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza, with nearly 550 arrests made over the protests in the last week across major U.S. univer…

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