White House on anti-Israel protests: 'Forcibly taking over a building is not peaceful'

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declared Wednesday that the forcible takeover of buildings by anti-Israel protesters on American college campuses "is not peaceful" while vowing that President Biden is monitoring the simmering unrest "closely." 

Jean-Pierre spoke as demonstrators remained holed up inside the library at Portland State University in Oregon and hours after the NYPD arrested protesters who took over Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall. 

"We've been very clear...