Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) told The Recount on Monday that he thinks pro-Palestine and pro-Israel students at college campuses can find common ground on ending the Israeli offensive in Gaza — but only after all hostages are released.
“Do you see any common ground between the students here? Do you see any of the demands … that you see being able to be reconciled at all here?” The Recount Senior Politics Producer Steve Morris asked the congressman outside the Columbia University campus.
“At the beginning of this conflict … the protests were really about stopping the violence. And there’s a lot of common ground around stopping the violence. Now that they have escalated to what is just outright antisemitism and hate speech. No, there’s no common ground with that kind of rhetoric,” Goldman said, referring to accusations that pro-Palestine protests at college campuses, including at Columbia University, have featured antisemitic …