Commemorating six million victims of the Holocaust on Sunday night and Monday, let us remember that the main difference between then and today is the fact that today we have an independent state.
"They had me completely surrounded,” he told CNN. “They were saying I was an Israeli agitator, I don’t even know what that is,” he added.
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.
Local television station KABC-TV estimated that 300 to 500 people were hunkered down inside the camp, while around 2,000 more had gathered outside the barricades in support
A scuffle over an attempt to take an Israeli flag from student led to violence.
SJP decries attempt to have their encampment disbanded.
LAPD was called in on Wednesday to restore order and maintain public safety.
Instagram user Eli Tsives shared footage of him showing his student ID to the activists, who repeated "We are not engaging" while blocking his attempts to walk to his class.
Lani Dawn said pro-Palestinian protesters told her and a Native American man that they couldn't speak to each other at the scene.
The US Department of Education is currently investigating UCLA for the antisemitism on its campus.
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