Anti-Israel demonstrators told CNN on Wednesday that “Zionist thugs” stormed the UCLA camp and released “rats” who were trying to protest, after hours of violence on the university campus. Ta.
UCLA Campment Media Liaison and political science doctoral student Vincent Doerr said protesters had repeatedly warned the university about harassment and death threats against students before violence erupted Tuesday night. said. Fighting began after a group of pro-Israel demonstrators arrived at the demonstration.
“We warned the university about rape threats, death threats, physical harassment and the release of rats into the Zionist camp at night,” the students said.
A UCLA student and pro-Palestinian protester joined CNN on Wednesday after a night of violence at UCLA. (Screenshot/CNN)
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“Every night, Zionists come, storm the encampments, and harass students who are peacefully demanding the withdrawal of United Nations donations from corporations that profit from Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians. We witnessed Zionists seize the barricades and attempt to destroy them. Despite our repeated warnings to the Unification Church that this was likely to happen, we witnessed large numbers of students in the camp. “A large number of people, police and private security hired by the university watched and watched the incident unfold,” Doerr added.
CNN’s Sarah Sidner asked the students how they knew they were Zionists, noting that there were definitely pro-Israel demonstrators there. She also asked if anyone noticed that the Tuesday night crowd was different than usual.
“Zionism means support for the establishment of a Jewish state in historic Palestine, and that’s what they’re doing. They were exclusively supporting Israel. That’s Zionism. And the second “No, we actually sent photos.”Many of the people who were here were university administrators, and they still allowed entry onto campus, pepper spray, mace, boards, We allowed them to attack us with weapons such as bricks, fireworks (not firecrackers). The fireworks were fired directly at the students and exploded. I don’t think that’s acceptable on the ground inside the encampment.”
A group of about 100 pro-Israel counter-demonstrators arrived on UCLA’s campus and clashed with anti-Israel demonstrators who were there. After about three hours without police intervention, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ordered city police to work with other law enforcement agencies to disperse the protest, Fox News Digital previously reported.
Doerr denied that the anti-Israel demonstrators were pro-Hamas.
“We are here to demand an end to Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians and for the Unification Church to be deprived of its donations,” he said.
Pro-Palestinian students occupy a camp and demonstrate on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, on April 30, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Pro-Palestinian protests continue across U.S. college campuses. (Qian Weizhong/VCG, via Getty Images)
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Sydnor also asked anti-Israel demonstrators what they would do if police entered the camp, which UCLA had declared illegal.
“Therefore, the LAPD still has a legal obligation to declare our encampments and unlawful assemblies, and alert us to expenditures. They have not done that yet. So we remain I intend to,” he said.
At Columbia University in New York, the NYPD entered Hamilton Hall, an academic building on campus occupied by anti-Israel protesters, and cleared them within two hours. Several people were arrested and the encampment on campus was cleared.
An anti-Israel demonstrator holds a sign at Columbia University on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York City. After students occupied Hamilton Hall early Tuesday morning, Columbia University earlier announced that its campus would remain closed “as conditions permit.” (Rashid Umar Abbasi, Fox News Digital)
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UCLA did not respond to a request for comment.
Anti-Israel demonstrations have occupied university campuses in recent weeks as students protest the Israel-Hamas war.
