Two pro-Israel vigilantes were arrested in connection with a violent attack on a pro-Palestinian “encampment” at the University of California, Los Angeles this spring. In response, authorities eventually eliminated the protests.
There are also federal arrest warrants for two other vigilante members in connection with attacks on the nights of April 30 and May 1 that sparked riots and led to encampment clearing later the same day. Possible government charges are also pending.
Activists set up camp in a central public area of campus on April 25, erecting wooden barricades and posting security guards around the perimeter. They refused Jewish students passage unless they denounced Israel and Zionism.
(Zionism is the belief that Israel has a right to exist. It is reflected in the daily prayers that Jews have recited for thousands of years, and is held by the majority of Jews in the United States and around the world.) It's a belief.)
Activists used force to remove others from the encampment area. The journalist was assaulted by a group of activists on April 26 after being allowed into the encampment through the first marked media entrance.
For days, UCLA administrators did nothing. In fact, they fortified the encampment's borders with steel and plastic barriers.
A federal judge found in August that UCLA had allowed Jewish students' freedoms to be violated. “UCLA does not dispute this,” he wrote. “Instead, UCLA asserts that it has no responsibility to protect the religious freedom of Jewish students.” He dismisses UCLA's claims and takes several steps to protect Jews on campus. I ordered.
Similarly, UCLA's Anti-Semitism Task Force concluded this week that “Jewish students and staff at UCLA were harassed, threatened, and assaulted as pro-Palestinian protests spread on campus.” Ta. wall street journal reported. task force report Among them was the finding that “respondents were not confident that reporting discrimination to UCLA administrators would result in effective action by the campus.”
After a large pro-Israel vigilante group attacked the encampment on April 30, the university brought law enforcement to campus to clear the encampment. Elected officials, including Mayor Karen Bass, who had remained silent about the violent encampments, suddenly spoke out condemning the vigilante groups.
According to the student government, two people have been arrested so far. reported by daily bruin Student paper:
The arrests were made Friday night in a transparency report posted on Instagram by Undergraduate Student Association Council President Adam Tofairi, Intramural Vice President Josh Garland, and External Vice President Javier Nunez Verdugo. Announced. Two people have been arrested on felony charges and are scheduled for initial court hearings, and two more have active warrants for their arrest, one on a felony warrant and one on a misdemeanor warrant, according to the report. . The report also said that the office of U.S. Attorney E. Martin Estrada for the Central District of California is reviewing one additional case.
One of those charged with felonies was Eyal Shalom. He was coined as “#UCLAMaroonHoodie” by multiple accounts on X (formerly Twitter). Shalom was arrested on May 1 for illegally using tear gas. Journalist Dolores Quintana I went to X in May She said shalom pepper was sprayed in her eyes and another man shone a light in her face.
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The other person arrested on the felony charge, Malachi Joshua Marlan Libret, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, not a firearm, and special circumstances of hate crime and use of a deadly weapon starting May 1. The 2020 UC Santa Cruz graduate was also charged on April 28 with two felony counts of battery.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists were arrested during the clearing of the camp. UCLA is located in Westwood, near Beverly Hills, one of the most Jewish and pro-Israel neighborhoods in the United States.
The vigilantes, who used sticks, fireworks and tear gas, had the quiet approval of many in the surrounding area, who were outraged by scenes of Jewish students being denied access to classes and dormitories.
Joel B. Pollack is a senior editor at Breitbart News. Breitbart News Sunday Sunday nights from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM ET (4:00 PM to 7:00 PM PT) on Sirius XM Patriot. he is the author of Agenda: What should President Trump do in his first 100 days?available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of Trumpian Virtues: Lessons and Legacy of the Donald Trump Presidencynow available on Audible. He is the recipient of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter @joelpolak.
