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Three Jewish students sued the university in June, alleging that they experienced discrimination on campus amid demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war. The demonstrations at UCLA became a central part of a growing movement at campuses across the U.S. against the Israel-Hamas war

  In the solemn halls of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an annual ritual meant to honor the victims of the Holocaust was conspicuously absent this year. The school's traditional Holocaust Day ceremony, typically held at the iconic Powell Library plaza, was abruptly canceled amid escalating tensions and fears of unrest on campus. […]

Many schools with encampments have also experienced counter-demonstrations by pro-Israel students, but UCLA has stood out for the intensity and persistence of pro-Israel protests.

Video shows officers wearing California Highway Patrol vests from its special operations unit holding onto protective umbrellas as they pushed through the barricades that were erected at UCLA and began detaining protesters

Hours earlier, UCLA leadership had declared the pro-Palestinian encampment unlawful. Despite heavy police presence on campus, the two sides continued to fight each other late into the night, with pro-Israel protesters throwing fireworks into the camp

  Violent clashes erupted Wednesday on the campus of the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) between pro-Palestinian protesters and a group of counter-demonstrators, according to live video coverage provided by a US broadcaster. The UCLA student newspaper Daily Bruin said supporters of Israel had tried to tear down a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on […]

  Pro-Israel activists set up a large screen and loudspeakers at UCLA to play a taped loop of images from the Oct. 7 Hamas onslaught on Israel. The video aimed to counter pro-Hamas chants that seeped into pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protests on campus. BREAKING: An anonymous group has built a giant screen with loudspeakers outside […]

The US Department of Education is currently investigating UCLA for the antisemitism on its campus.