Biden announces Federal task force to ‘counter antisemitism’

President Joe Biden announced Monday evening that the National Security and Domestic Policy Councils are working together to create a task force to “counter antisemitism.”

The announcement comes after Biden condemned rising antisemitic rhetoric in a Dec. 2 statement. The first order of business for the task force will be creating a national strategy to combat antisemitism, according to the announcement.

Eventually, the task force will expand to counter Islamophobia and other “related forms of bias and discrimination,” according to the announcement.

“Americans should forcefully reject antisemitism – including Holocaust denial – wherever it exists,” Biden said in Monday’s announcement, echoing the Dec. 2 statement.

Celebrities like Kanye West have come under fire in recent months for promoting antisemitic views.

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