President Joe Biden will deliver a speech next week at the Holocaust memorial ceremony at the U.S. Capitol to address the spike of antisemitism, White House aides confirmed. The speech will represent a rare high-profile foray by the president into an issue that has roiled college campuses and U.S. politics in recent weeks.

A Holocaust memorial in Hyde Park was covered up during a pro-Palestine protest in London on Saturday, sparking outrage.

President Biden will speak next week on Capitol Hill about the rise of antisemitism, tackling an issue that has been intertwined with ongoing protests on college campuses over Israel’s war

Jewish organizations and individuals in Britain have expressed outrage and shame after a Holocaust memorial in London’s Hyde Park was covered with a blue tarp by local police on Saturday. The police action was taken to prevent vandalism by an “antisemitic mob” during pro-Palestinian marches in the city.

In a move that has sparked outrage and alarm within the Jewish community and beyond, authorities in London have covered the Hyde Park Holocaust memorial out of fear it may be targeted by pro-Palestinian activists amid a series of protests in the city.

The memorial was hidden under blue tarpaulin while tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched on Saturday