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UCLA Hall Covered in Graffiti After Police Cleared Pro-Palestine Encampment

Encampment at UCSD and a demonstration at University of San Diego: See story in Times of San Diego * UCLA Story Published by HNGN The Los Angeles Police Department swept through the University of California Los Angeles’ pro-Palestine Encampment early Thursday morning, arresting hundreds of students and faculty members and clearing the protest site of […]

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UCLA Cancels Classes Following Violence At Anti-Israel Protests

Published by The Daily Caller The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) cancelled classes on Wednesday following violent clashes between anti-Israel protesters and counter-demonstrators. Police were called to campus early Wednesday morning as violence broke out after pro-Israel protesters attempted to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment, and one person was reportedly taken away by an ambulance.

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Rep. Sara Jacobs Votes Against Antisemitism Awareness Act

Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (D-San Diego) voted in the minority against a bill on Wednesday, May 1, that is called the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023.  She said the measure “would stifle and restrict free speech in an effort to combat the rise of antisemitism”  The measure passed the House by a vote 320-91. [Donald H. Harrison]

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OpEd: Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, and anti-terror

I pleaded with the presidents of colleges and universities all around the country to take a clear moral stance against rape and torture and the kidnapping of helpless civilians. I pleaded with colleges and universities to live up to their stated mission of humanism and enlightenment. I pleaded—and still plead—because the silence of college presidents all across the country is deafening. [Shai Davidai]

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OpEd: The Confused World and Murderous Rhetoric of Khyami James

After speaking with the Columbia employees, he addressed the camera directly, saying, “Why would we want people who are supporters of genocide to live? I’m confused.” My turn to be confused. In all my years of supporting Israel, which automatically makes me a Zionist, I was never among “supporters of genocide.” My word of honor. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Getting Away from It All in Cyprus

Even when the news is reported in Greek (though the TV in our room also showed one of the Israeli channels as well as the BBC), it’s impossible to avoid scenes of devastation, clips of pro-Palestinian demonstrations at universities across the USA or recognize the names of Israel’s prime minister and other politicians. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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OpEd: Take the Time for Self-Care Amid the Antisemitic Hate

By Barrett Holman Leak SAN DIEGO — Jewish students at UCLA are physically blocked from attending classes by Palestinian activists. Jewish students at SDSU must be escorted to and from classes in the face of antisemitic chants and threats. Palestinian protesters on American campuses burn the American flag and hoist the Palestinian flag over U.S.

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Abe Foxman

He served as the national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) from 1987 to 2015, and is currently the League’s national director emeritus. From 2016 to 2021 he served as vice chair of the board of trustees at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City in order to lead its efforts on antisemitism. [Wikipedia]

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U.S. Humanitarian Dock and Causeway to Gaza Almost Complete

Joint Logistics-Over-the-Shore, or JLOTS, will consist of a floating dock about three miles off the Gaza shore, a floating pier attached to an approximately 1,800-foot-long modular causeway anchored to the shore and, finally, a group of logistic support vessels (LSVs) that will transport the aid from the dock to the pier/causeway [Dorian de Wind, The Moderate Voice]

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SDSU Students Stage Walk Out Demanding Divestment from Israel

Regarding Tuesday’s walkout, SDSU said in a statement, “As a public university, and as aligned with our institutional values, San Diego State University must allow for constitutionally protected free speech and an individual’s right to acts of peaceful protest….” [Elizabeth Ireland, Times of San Diego]

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Police arrest Columbia students, clear occupied building in campus unrest

Published by AFP New York (AFP) – Dozens of helmeted police flooded Columbia University’s campus in the heart of New York City on Tuesday to evict a building occupied by pro-Palestinian student protesters and detain demonstrators. Police climbed into Hamilton Hall via a second floor window they reached from a laddered truck, before leading handcuffed

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Brown University reaches deal with student protesters

Published by AFP Providence (United States) (AFP) – Brown University on Tuesday reached an agreement with students protesting the war in Gaza that would see them remove their encampment from school grounds in exchange for the institution considering divesting from Israel. The move represents a first major concession from an elite American university amid relentless

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President Biden Proclaims May as Jewish American Heritage Month

During Jewish American Heritage Month, we celebrate the immeasurable impact of Jewish values, contributions, and culture on our Nation’s character and recommit to realizing the promise of America for all Jewish Americans. [President Joe Biden]

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Hounding the Headlines: Cricketgate

I heard a shocking story about how South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem killed her 14-month-old wirehaired pointer Cricket for being rambunctious. I am outraged and plan to mobilize dogs from around the country to set up a doghouse encampment to surround her residence. [Elona Baron as told to Laurie Baron]

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