President Biden's administration faces domestic pressure over Gaza

Washington [USA], May 2: Reuters reported on May 2 that 57 out of 212 Democratic lawmakers in the US House of Representatives signed a letter calling on President Biden's administration to use all possible measures to persuade Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop implementing the campaign. comprehensive attack on Rafarh, a city near the Egyptian border.
The White House has not commented on the request in the letter, which was jointly authored by congressmen Pramila Jayapal and Madeleine Dean.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on May 1 that he still does not see Israel's plan to protect civilians if it launches the Rafah operation.
Mr. Blinken and Prime Minister Netanyahu met for 2 and a half hours in Jerusalem on May 1, after which Israel continued to repeat that the Rafah operation was still proceeding as planned despite the US position and warnings from the United Nations.
President Biden's support for Israel in the conflict with Hamas in the Gaza Strip has created a major political challenge for the Washington government, leading to protests in support of Palestinians at American universities .
This morning (May 2, Vietnam time), the University of Texas at Dallas confirmed that police arrested 17 protesters on the university campus.
Previously, police in New York City (New York state) arrested nearly 300 pro-Palestinian protesters at the City University of New York and Columbia University.
The arrest scene also took place at Fordham University in the Bronx borough of New York. Several other universities across the country simultaneously asked police to help disperse protesters barricaded on campus.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper