After violent protest, controversial pro-Israeli speaker comes back to UC Berkeley
9 months ago

After violent protest, controversial pro-Israeli speaker comes back to UC Berkeley

LA Times  

A few protesters gather outside the Pauley Ballroom at UC Berkeley on Monday night, a stark difference from when the same speaker appeared Feb. 26. Three weeks after violence broke out at a private event organized by Jewish student groups at UC Berkeley and protested by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, the speech took place Monday and unfolded without issue. Monday’s event was dramatically different from the one initially scheduled by several Jewish student groups for Feb. 26, when campus police evacuated the Zellerbach Playhouse after about 200 protesters forcefully entered the building. The Jewish student groups, including Tikvah, Bears for Israel and Students Supporting Israel, among others that describe themselves as Zionist organizations, rescheduled the event for Monday, saying it was imperative for free speech. Christ and Hermalin said campus police and the university’s anti-harassment office were investigating reports of “overtly antisemitic expression” and allegations of physical battery as hate crimes.

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UC resolves federal civil rights complaints of antisemitism, Islamophobia and anti-Arab bias
4 days, 17 hours ago

UC resolves federal civil rights complaints of antisemitism, Islamophobia and anti-Arab bias

LA Times  

The University of California has resolved nine federal civil rights complaints of antisemitism and bias against Muslim, Arab and pro-Palestinian students stemming from Israel-Hamas war protests at five UC campuses, the U.S. Department of Education announced Friday. Violence at the UCLA encampment against Jewish, Israeli American and pro-Palestinian protesters was “of particular concern,” the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights …

At famously loud Berkeley, pro-Palestinian protests have grown quieter
1 month, 2 weeks ago

At famously loud Berkeley, pro-Palestinian protests have grown quieter

Politico  

“It definitely is a different political moment,” said Luca Dhagat, co-chair of the Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter at UC Berkeley, a group that has been involved in pro-Palestinian organizing at the university. Dhagat drew a comparison to racial justice protests after the summer of 2020: “When we don’t see much in terms of actual change or actual improvement, …

Two major reports slam UCLA over policing, violence at pro-Palestinian protest
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Two major reports slam UCLA over policing, violence at pro-Palestinian protest

LA Times  

Two high-profile, back-to-back reports slam UCLA for a confusing breakdown in its police response leading to violence at a pro-Palestinian encampment in April, with one investigation also calling out the university’s “dramatic failures in confronting antisemitism.” A draft report to the Los Angeles Police Commission released Friday cited a lack of coordination between UCLA, the LAPD and the California Highway …

Letters to the Editor: UC’s treatment of protesters disgraces its free-speech legacy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: UC’s treatment of protesters disgraces its free-speech legacy

LA Times  

A protester is arrested at UC Irvine as police break up an encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators May 15. At the time, I was proud to see an article in The Times quoting history professor Leon Litwack, who said at the ceremony: “The class of ’70 occupies a unique place in our legacy. As one of those students who missed out …

As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies
3 months, 2 weeks ago

As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies

The Independent  

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As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies
3 months, 2 weeks ago

As US colleges raise the stakes for protests, activists are weighing new strategies

Associated Press  

University of Southern California law student Elizabeth Howell-Egan isn’t allowed on campus because of her role in last spring’s anti-war protests, but she is keeping up her activism. The stakes have gone up this fall for students protesting the war in Gaza, as U.S. colleges roll out new security measures and protest guidelines — all intended to avoid disruptions like …

Pro-Palestinian protests resume at Columbia University as fall semester begins
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian protests resume at Columbia University as fall semester begins

Hindustan Times  

As Columbia University resumes classes Tuesday, students and faculty are planning, and bracing, for a resumption of the pro-Palestinian protests that convulsed the Manhattan campus at the tail end of the spring semester and touched off a wave of college demonstrations nationwide. “As long as Columbia continues to invest and to benefit from Israeli apartheid, the students will continue to …

US colleges revise rules over fears of more Gaza protests
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US colleges revise rules over fears of more Gaza protests

China Daily  

Security workers check people's ID cards as they enter the Columbia University campus in New York, United States on Tuesday while a group called End Jew Hatred held a protest outside. Activism to go on Mahmoud Khalil, a student negotiator for the main protest movement, Columbia University's Apartheid Divest, said students "will continue their activism and actions until Columbia divests …

Students kick off fall semester with protests that adhere to UC/CSU zero-tolerance bans
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Students kick off fall semester with protests that adhere to UC/CSU zero-tolerance bans

LA Times  

With the fall semester underway, pro-Palestinian demonstrators at UC Berkeley said they will continue pressing their concerns about the war in Gaza. Students across several Bay Area universities kicked off fall semester Thursday with coordinated pro-Palestinian rallies that were impassioned in tone but adhered to the zero-tolerance regulations that the University of California and California State University systems have vowed …

US colleges revise rules over fears of more Gaza protests
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US colleges revise rules over fears of more Gaza protests

China Daily  

By BELINDA ROBINSON in New York | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-08-29 09:51 Security workers check people's ID cards as they enter the Columbia University campus in New York, United States on Tuesday while a group called End Jew Hatred held a protest outside. Activism to go on Mahmoud Khalil, a student negotiator for the main protest movement, Columbia …

‘It feels like a fortress.’ California students return to college amid tighter security over protests
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘It feels like a fortress.’ California students return to college amid tighter security over protests

LA Times  

USC students and others pass through new identification checkpoint at a campus entrance. A campuswide message recently warned students that erecting encampments — such as the one on the commencement stage in May that led Pomona to move its graduation to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles — could lead to “detention and arrest by law enforcement.” The college has …

US colleges brace for possible return of war protests: USA Today
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US colleges brace for possible return of war protests: USA Today

China Daily  

Academic workers protest at the University of California, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California, the United States, on May 28, 2024. NEW YORK - As the fall term gets underway at many US colleges, administrators are preparing for another possible surge in campus activism, reported USA Today on Monday, noting that the last school year ended acrimoniously as anti-war protests …

US colleges brace for possible return of war protests: USA Today
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US colleges brace for possible return of war protests: USA Today

China Daily  

Academic workers protest at the University of California, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California, the United States, on May 28, 2024. NEW YORK - As the fall term gets underway at many US colleges, administrators are preparing for another possible surge in campus activism, reported USA Today on Monday, noting that the last school year ended acrimoniously as anti-war protests …

US colleges revise rules on free speech in hopes of containing anti-war demonstrations
4 months, 1 week ago

US colleges revise rules on free speech in hopes of containing anti-war demonstrations

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — As students return to colleges across the United States, administrators are bracing for a resurgence in activism against the war in Gaza, and some schools are adopting rules to limit the kind of protests that swept campuses last spring. The University of Pennsylvania has outlined new “temporary guidelines” for student protests that include bans on encampments, overnight …

Judge orders UCLA to ensure equal campus access to Jewish students after pro-Palestinian protests
4 months, 1 week ago

Judge orders UCLA to ensure equal campus access to Jewish students after pro-Palestinian protests

LA Times  

A federal judge on Tuesday admonished UCLA for its handling of pro-Palestinian encampments and ordered the university to ensure equal access to Jewish students, three of whom alleged in a lawsuit that the university enabled protesters to block Jews from parts of campus because of their faith. In issuing his preliminary injunction, U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi sided with …

UC regents: Protests yes, encampments no. Campus rules must be consistently enforced
5 months, 1 week ago

UC regents: Protests yes, encampments no. Campus rules must be consistently enforced

LA Times  

Many University of California regents and campus leaders are signaling they will no longer tolerate encampments and intend to consistently enforce rules pertaining to protests as they brace for the possible escalation of campus turmoil over the Israel-Hamas war when students return to class in the fall. The state report must also include UC efforts to consistently enforce policies and …

Pro-Palestinian groups sued over demonstration outside L.A. synagogue
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian groups sued over demonstration outside L.A. synagogue

LA Times  

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator gets in a car that is being swarmed by supporters of Israel near Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles on June 23, 2024. A local Jewish man has filed a lawsuit against two groups that led a demonstration outside a Los Angeles synagogue last month that ended in violence and national condemnation against the demonstrators, including from …

Officers remove pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Santa Barbara
6 months ago

Officers remove pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Santa Barbara

LA Times  

Dozens of officers removed an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters from the campus of UC Santa Barbara early Sunday morning, according to videos and social media posts by the protest group. The police “gave four dispersal notices to campers and then began moving into the encampment,” the protest group said. In a statement Sunday, Chancellor Henry T. Yang said the university …

Protest violence outside L.A. synagogue spurs widespread condemnation. Bass vows quick action
6 months ago

Protest violence outside L.A. synagogue spurs widespread condemnation. Bass vows quick action

LA Times  

A pro-Israeli counterprotester leans in as she speaks to pro-Palestinian protesters near Adas Torah synagogue in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood in Los Angeles on Sunday. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the protest had “cast a shadow of fear,” not just in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood — “the heart of one of our Jewish communities” — but also “regionally and nationally.” Mayor …

Man arrested in connection with firebombing of UC Berkeley police car during campus protests
6 months ago

Man arrested in connection with firebombing of UC Berkeley police car during campus protests

LA Times  

Students and community activists camp out in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus to protest the war in Gaza on April 26. A man was arrested Monday in connection with the firebombing of a UC Berkeley Police Department vehicle and three other arson attacks at the height of pro-Palestinian protests on the Berkeley campus, authorities announced. Jeff …

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian students walk out in protest at Stanford University graduation
6 months, 1 week ago

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian students walk out in protest at Stanford University graduation

LA Times  

A pro-Palestinian student group, seen protesting at Stanford this month, encouraged other students to walk out of the university’s graduation ceremony on Sunday and instead attend a “People’s Commencement.” Hundreds of Stanford University students walked out of their graduation ceremony Sunday in a show of support for Palestinians, capping a tumultuous year on campus rocked by protests related to the …

As protesters trashed Cal State L.A. center, questions about why police were not called in
6 months, 1 week ago

As protesters trashed Cal State L.A. center, questions about why police were not called in

LA Times  

Barricades remained around the student services building at Cal State Los Angeles on Thursday. As pro-Palestinian protesters took over and barricaded the Cal State Los Angeles student services building Wednesday night, university police issued a mutual aid call that brought officers from the Los Angeles Police Department and California Highway Patrol to the campus. In a statement released Thursday, Eanes …

After ‘significant’ vandalism overnight, Cal State L.A. president says encampment must end
6 months, 1 week ago

After ‘significant’ vandalism overnight, Cal State L.A. president says encampment must end

LA Times  

Scores of pro-Palestinian protesters occupied, barricaded and vandalized a Cal State Los Angeles student services building — with several administrators inside — for almost eight hours Wednesday. “A trust we had in the Encampment to practice non-violence has been violated,” Cal State L.A. President Berenecea Johnson Eanes said in a statement Thursday afternoon. They said the action began as a …

Dozens arrested in new pro-Palestinian protests at University of California, Los Angeles
6 months, 1 week ago

Dozens arrested in new pro-Palestinian protests at University of California, Los Angeles

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Police thwarted attempts by pro-Palestinian demonstrators to set up a new encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, where officers cleared a previous camp this spring after it was attacked by counterprotesters. Officers arrested 27 people late Monday during the demonstration, Rick Braziel, UCLA associate vice chancellor for campus safety, said in a statement. The group …

California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike under court order
6 months, 1 week ago

California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike under court order

Hindustan Times  

By Steve Gorman California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike under court order LOS ANGELES, - Thousands of University of California academic workers who went on strike at six campuses protesting administrators' response to pro-Palestinian protests returned to the job on Monday under court order, but their union vowed more protests to come. Unionized academic researchers, graduate teaching assistants and …

About two dozen pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at UCLA, ordered to stay away from campus
6 months, 2 weeks ago

About two dozen pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at UCLA, ordered to stay away from campus

LA Times  

A pro-Palestinian protest at UCLA on Monday night ended with police making about two dozen arrests and ordering demonstrators who were cited to not return to campus for at least two weeks, officials said. The situation later turned chaotic, however, with Los Angeles police and private security guards forming a skirmish line and facing off with protesters who stood behind …

Stanford arrests 13 pro-Palestinian protesters, asks D.A. to file felony burglary charges
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Stanford arrests 13 pro-Palestinian protesters, asks D.A. to file felony burglary charges

LA Times  

Students walk by graffiti near university President Richard Saller’s office at Stanford University on Wednesday. Stanford University campus police arrested a group of pro-Palestinian protesters, who barricaded themselves inside the president’s office, on suspicion of felony burglary charges. In the joint statement, Saller and Stanford University Provost Jenny Martinez condemned the group’s actions and said that a safety officer with …

Three Jewish students sue UCLA, saying protesters blocked access to campus facilities
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Three Jewish students sue UCLA, saying protesters blocked access to campus facilities

LA Times  

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate at UCLA on April 26. Three Jewish UCLA students filed a federal lawsuit against the UC regents and several university officials on Wednesday, alleging that anti-Israel protesters blocked them from crucial parts of the campus. “With the knowledge and acquiescence of UCLA officials, the activists enforced what was effectively a ‘Jew Exclusion Zone,’ segregating Jewish students and …

Pro-Palestine protesters storm US university president's office, arrested
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-Palestine protesters storm US university president's office, arrested

India Today  

More than a dozen people were arrested at Stanford University in California on Wednesday after pro-Palestinian student protesters barricaded themselves inside the office of the school president, the latest clash between US students and authorities over the Israel-Gaza conflict. Approximately 10 students entered the administrative offices building around 5.30 am on the last day of classes for the spring quarter, …

State Supreme Court gives UC Berkeley go-ahead to develop People’s Park, capping decades-long battle
6 months, 2 weeks ago

State Supreme Court gives UC Berkeley go-ahead to develop People’s Park, capping decades-long battle

LA Times  

Activists watch over People’s Park in early January as word spread that UC Berkeley planned to wall off the storied space as part of a broader plan to make way for student housing. The California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that UC Berkeley can proceed with its controversial plan to build high-rise student housing on the site of storied People’s …

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Stanford University after occupying president's office
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Stanford University after occupying president's office

Associated Press  

STANFORD, Calif. — Police arrested 13 people at Stanford University after pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied the school president and provost’s offices early Wednesday, causing what officials described as “extensive” vandalism inside and outside the building. AP AUDIO: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Stanford University after occupying president’s office AP correspondent Ed Donahue reports more arrests on campus of Palestinian supporters. Stanford students …

Stanford protesters arrested, seniors won’t be allowed to graduate, officials say
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Stanford protesters arrested, seniors won’t be allowed to graduate, officials say

LA Times  

Stanford University plans to immediately suspend students who were among 13 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested Wednesday morning after a brief occupation of the president’s office. Stanford University announced that 13 students were arrested, the building had been cleared and a public safety officer was injured by protesters, who shoved the officer as they “interfered with a transport vehicle.” The Stanford Daily …

Some Universities Are Holding Back Pro-Palestine Student Protestors' Diplomas
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Some Universities Are Holding Back Pro-Palestine Student Protestors' Diplomas

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Several universities across the country are withholding, or threatening to withhold, the diplomas of seniors who engaged in pro-Palestine demonstrations on their campuses amid a national student mobilization in recent months. In letters sent on Friday, administrators accused the students of violating the student code of conduct, alleging that they failed to respond to police’s orders to …

Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at UC Santa Cruz
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at UC Santa Cruz

LA Times  

Police in riot gear stand off against pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the UC Santa Cruz campus on Friday. Police in riot gear entered the UC Santa Cruz campus early Friday morning, arresting approximately 80 pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment and blocked the main entrance to campus. “They were just using brute force.” Mask-wearing pro-Palestinian protesters link arms in standoff …

Big expansion of UC strike over pro-Palestinian protests: Irvine, San Diego, Santa Barbara next
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Big expansion of UC strike over pro-Palestinian protests: Irvine, San Diego, Santa Barbara next

LA Times  

Academic workers at UCLA picket on Tuesday, alleging their workers’ rights have been violated by University of California actions during pro-Palestinian protests and encampment crackdowns. The UC union representing 48,000 graduate teaching assistants, researchers and other academic workers said Friday that it would expand its ongoing strike next week by calling on thousands of workers at UC San Diego, UC …

How pro-Palestinian protests led to a massive UC strike, injecting new fuel into antiwar activism
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How pro-Palestinian protests led to a massive UC strike, injecting new fuel into antiwar activism

LA Times  

Striking members of the UC Santa Cruz academic workers union and pro-Palestinian protesters carry signs in front of the Santa Cruz campus May 20. Academic workers on strike at UCLA, UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz chanted this week about “workers rights under attack,” referring to pro-Palestinian union members who were arrested and suspended after recent protests. “Because if, for …

Kaffiyehs and pickets: UCLA, UC Davis workers strike over treatment at pro-Palestinian protests
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Kaffiyehs and pickets: UCLA, UC Davis workers strike over treatment at pro-Palestinian protests

LA Times  

Academic workers at UCLA went on strike Tuesday, saying their rights were violated by UC actions during pro-Palestinian protests. Carrying “On Strike” pickets and some wearing kaffiyehs, academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis walked off the job Tuesday, alleging their rights were violated by the University of California’s actions during pro-Palestinian protests and encampment crackdowns. At UCLA on Tuesday …

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at the University of California
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at the University of California

NPR  

Pro-Palestinian protests continue at the University of California More University of California academic workers are expected to go on strike Tuesday in response to the treatment of pro-Palestinian protestors on campus. LEILA FADEL, HOST: The pro-Palestinian and anti-Gaza war student activism at University of California campuses has spread to include academic workers. I mean, the strike started at this one …

Omar tears into UCLA chancellor for perpetrating 'violence' on campus
7 months ago

Omar tears into UCLA chancellor for perpetrating 'violence' on campus

Daily Mail  

Rep. Ilhan Omar tore into UCLA Chancellor Gene Block for 'allowing' a violent clash between pro- and anti-Israel demonstrators on campus where they say rats were released into their pro-Gaza encampment. An anti-Israel demonstrator told CNN that at an encampment on April 30 at UCLA 'Zionist thugs' had issued sexual assault and death threats and released rats into their demonstration. …

German police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Berlin university
7 months ago

German police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Berlin university

Associated Press  

BERLIN — German police cleared about 150 pro-Palestinian demonstrators from a Berlin university faculty on Thursday, ending one of a wave of student-led protests across Europe over Israel’s conduct in its war against Hamas. Student Coalition Berlin, the group which organized the protest, called in a statement posted on social media for the university to “take an active role in …

Man arrested in attack on UCLA pro-Palestinian protesters
7 months ago

Man arrested in attack on UCLA pro-Palestinian protesters

LA Times  

Pro-Palestinian protesters defend themselves against a pro-Israeli supporter at an encampment at UCLA on May 1. “The UCLA Police Department is committed to investigating all reported acts of violence and is actively working to identify the other perpetrators of violence associated with any protest or counter-protest activities between April 25, 2024, and May 2, 2024,” the Police Department said in …

Police descend on UCLA after protesters erect new pro-Palestinian encampment
7 months ago

Police descend on UCLA after protesters erect new pro-Palestinian encampment

LA Times  

More than two dozen officers in riot gear descended on UCLA Thursday afternoon, facing off with pro-Palestinian protesters who had erected a new encampment on campus hours earlier. Doehr said he hoped the strike would prompt the university to “negotiate in good faith with the movement for divestment, rather than calling the police on students every time they protest.” Pro-Palestinian …

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University
7 months ago

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University in Philadelphia over the weekend, prompting a lockdown of school buildings, a day after authorities thwarted an attempted occupation of a school building at the neighboring University of Pennsylvania campus. “This demonstration already has proved intolerably disruptive to normal University operations and has raised serious concerns about the …

Pro-Palestinian group takes over UC Berkeley building; university calls it ‘crime scene’
7 months, 1 week ago

Pro-Palestinian group takes over UC Berkeley building; university calls it ‘crime scene’

LA Times  

Campus police and California Highway Patrol officers block pro-Palestinian demonstrators with barricades as authorities move to arrest protesters at UC Berkeley. Even after UC Berkeley officials struck a deal with student leaders of the university’s longstanding pro-Palestinian encampment, a group of protesters took over an abandoned building on campus Wednesday, and some were later arrested. There, university officials almost immediately …

UC officials charge that academic workers’ strike over pro-Palestinian protests is illegal
7 months, 1 week ago

UC officials charge that academic workers’ strike over pro-Palestinian protests is illegal

LA Times  

As the 48,000-member UC academic workers union announced a Monday strike at UC Santa Cruz over alleged free speech violations during pro-Palestinian protests, the University of California on Friday filed a labor complaint to stop what they say is an illegal action, heightening tensions roiling the university system. The targeting of UC Santa Cruz came after 79% of voting members …

Pro-Palestinian protesters storm lecture hall at University of California, Irvine, police make arrests
7 months, 1 week ago

Pro-Palestinian protesters storm lecture hall at University of California, Irvine, police make arrests

Hindustan Times  

At the University of California, Irvine campus, the situation aggravated on Wednesday as a bunch of about several hundred supporters of pro-Palestinian aggregators somehow entered a lecture hall and encircled it, so the school officials say. Law enforcement officers deployed to the University of California, Irvine detain demonstrators, after protesters against the war in Gaza surrounded the physical sciences lecture …

Congress investigating UCLA over treatment of Jewish students amid pro-Palestinian protests
7 months, 1 week ago

Congress investigating UCLA over treatment of Jewish students amid pro-Palestinian protests

LA Times  

UCLA facility maintenance locksmith Adrian Banuelos cleans a part of campus on May 2 after two days of violent overnight protests. A congressional education committee has chastised UCLA for its response to a pro-Palestinian encampment and the violent instigators who attacked it, calling on the university to turn over documents regarding an “inadequate response to antisemitism and failure to protect …

UC Irvine protest: Newport Beach mayor claps back at Irvine mayor’s tweet over ‘violent scenario’
7 months, 1 week ago

UC Irvine protest: Newport Beach mayor claps back at Irvine mayor’s tweet over ‘violent scenario’

LA Times  

Scores of law enforcement personnel from various agencies descended on UC Irvine on Wednesday to move hundreds of demonstrators protesting the treatment of Palestinians and the UC system’s investments in Israeli interests. After his city’s police department responded to a request for mutual aid at the Orange County campus Wednesday, Newport Beach Mayor Will O’Neill took umbrage at a social …

US police clear pro-Palestinian camp from California university
7 months, 1 week ago

US police clear pro-Palestinian camp from California university

Al Jazeera  

Police in the United States have taken back a lecture hall from pro-Palestinian protesters who for hours occupied the building at the University of California, Irvine, and then cleared a student encampment that stood for more than two weeks. Officers from about 10 law enforcement agencies converged on the campus on Wednesday after university officials requested help because protesters had …

Police arrest 47 at UC Irvine after sweeping protest camp, clearing barricaded building
7 months, 1 week ago

Police arrest 47 at UC Irvine after sweeping protest camp, clearing barricaded building

LA Times  

In another dramatic campus showdown, hundreds of police officers in riot gear descended on a pro-Palestinian encampment at UC Irvine in an hours-long siege that led to dozens of arrests. University officials said a group of protesters entered campus around 2:30 p.m. and “began surrounding and ultimately barricaded” the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall, a large indoor amphitheater. A UC Berkeley …

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