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STORY: JOE BIDEN: "This ancient hatred of Jews didn't begin with the Holocaust. It didn't end with the Holocaust either." U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that the threat of antisemitism is growing, in remarks honoring the 6 million Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust eighty years ago. And his keynote address for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's annual commemoration of the genocide came seven months to the day after the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 by Israeli tallies. "That hatred was brought to life on October 7, in 2023, on a sacred Jewish holiday, the terrorist group Hamas unleashed the deadliest day of the Jewish people since the Holocaust." The Hamas attack provoked an Israeli retaliation that has so far killed 35,000 residents of the Gaza Strip. And it stirred up dramatic protests on U.S. college campuses by students demanding an end to the Israeli assault. Some Jewish students have said the demonstrations have included harassment and antisemitic instances. That comes against a backdrop in already-rising threats. The FBI reported a 36% increase in anti-Jewish hate crime incidents between 2021 and 2022, the latest year for which data is available, as well as a jump in crimes against Black Americans and gay men. MIKE JOHNSON: “To every Jewish student listening to us, no matter where you are around the country. You have my word. The U.S. House of Representatives will do everything in our power to ensure that you are safe." Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, have condemned pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campuses, painting them as Hamas sympathizers. In some cases, police have forcefully torn down student encampments and arrested hundreds. Those arrested include University of Texas at Austin freshman Arwyn Heilrayn. REPORTER: "What is your reaction to people saying that these demonstrations are reflecting some antisemitism on campuses?" HEILRAYN: “I would reflect back the voices of the Jewish protesters that have been standing side by side with us, that this is not antisemitic, that this is pro-Palestinian.” The police crackdowns prompted criticism that universities were clamping down on political speech. And Biden has tried to walk a careful line as his own Democratic Party has appeared divided over those sympathetic to Palestinians' plight and others who insist on Israel's right to defend itself. "We respect and protect the fundamental right to free speech, to debate and disagree. To protest peacefully, and make our voices heard. I understand, that's America. But there is no place on any campus in America, no place in America, for antisemitism or hate speech, or threats of violence of any kind." Biden sought to reassure Jewish Americans, who overwhelming vote for Democratic candidates, that he would stand with them. "To the Jewish community, I want you to know, I see your fear, your hurt and your pain. Let me reassure you, as your president, you are not alone." Biden also said his commitment to Israel was ironclad even amid disagreements with the country's government.

President Biden denounced what he called a “ferocious surge” of antisemitism in the U.S., warning that people “are already forgetting that Hamas unleashed this terror” on Israel during the Oct. 7 attacks. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Biden condemns antisemitism, says too many are 'forgetting' horrors unleashed on Israel by Hamas

Iran and the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog are still negotiating over how to implement a deal struck last year to expand inspections of the Islamic Republic’s rapidly advancing atomic program, officials said Tuesday. The acknowledgment by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s leader Rafael Mariano Grossi shows the challenges his inspectors face, years after the collapse of Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers and amidst wider tensions gripping the Mideast over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

STORY: This video released on Tuesday (May 7) is believed to be the moment Israeli tanks pushed into a park near the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing. Soldiers were seen raising an Israeli flag. Reuters was unable to independently verify the date of the footage. It came after a night of air strikes on the Palestinian enclave, amid international concern over the plight of civilians crammed into Rafah. And as mediators struggled to secure a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. The Palestinian militant group said late on Monday (May 6) it had agreed to a ceasefire proposal but Israel said the terms did not meet its demands. A Gaza border authority spokesperson told Reuters the Rafah crossing, a vital route for aid into the enclave, is now closed. Aid trucks were seen stuck at the Egypt side of the Rafah crossing. And in a field hospital in Rafah, Dr. Marwan al-Hams said the closure of the crossing will cause further crisis for the enclave's healthcare. "The closure of the Rafah crossing means the death of thousands of patients, thousands of injured will be martyred. Nutritional resources, medical resources and humanitarian aid won't enter Gaza Strip, which means more diseases, more patients needing treatment that isn't available, more patients with chronic diseases, new diseases we won't find medication for and therefore, the numbers of patients will pile up." On Tuesday morning, people searched for bodies under rubble of wrecked buildings in Rafah. More than one million people have sought refuge here, living in tented camps and makeshift shelters. Many are trying to leave, heeding Israeli orders for them to evacuate. But with large areas of the coastal enclave already laid to waste, they say they have nowhere safe to go. The Israeli military said a limited operation in Rafah was meant to kill fighters and dismantle infrastructure used by Hamas. Israel says the vast majority of people had been evacuated from the area of military operations and it has told them to go to what it calls an "expanded humanitarian zone" around 12 miles away. Egypt said the Israeli operation in Rafah threatened the ceasefire efforts. And the European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell said the assault would be deadly. "I am afraid that this is going to cause again a lot of casualties, civilian casualties, whatever they say.// There is no safe zones in Gaza." As ceasefire talks stumbled, mediator Qatar said its delegation would head to Cairo on Tuesday to resume indirect ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. A Palestinian official close to mediation efforts told Reuters a Hamas delegation may arrive in Cairo later on Tuesday or on Wednesday. A senior Israeli official also said on Tuesday that a team of mid-ranking Israeli officials will go to Egypt to assess whether Hamas can be persuaded to shift on its latest ceasefire offer. The official reiterated that the proposal as it stands was unacceptable to Israel.

ABC News foreign correspondent Marcus Moore discusses the latest on the Israel-Hamas war as Israel issues evacuation orders in east Rafah.

The AP's Jon Gambrell explains Israeli military's seizure of the Rafah border crossing in the Gaza Strip. The seizure comes as Israeli authorities said it was moving forward with an offensive in the southern city even as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain on a knife’s edge. The move comes after hours of whiplash in the Israel-Hamas war, with the militant group on Monday saying it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated cease-fire proposal.