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Trump administration again sues UCLA over antisemitism, alleging ‘hostile educational environment’

The new suit draws on widely reported accounts of UCLA’s campus environment in spring 2024, when protesters in pro-Palestinian encampments clashed with pro-Israel counter-protesters.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA was erected after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks in Israel.
Former hostage Omer Shem Tov speaks, as people celebrate at the "Hostages square", after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 9, 2025.

Jewish students deserve more than conditional empathy - opinion

A UCLA student leader reflects on the backlash that followed hosting former hostage Omer Shem Tov, and what it reveals about the conditional acceptance of Jewish trauma on campus.

|ByTALIA DAVOOD
A man walks through the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, US, August 11, 2025.

UCLA, student president distance themselves from student gov't that condemned former Gaza hostage

USAC had argued that the Nazarian Center's sponsorship of the April 14 event reflected a disregard for Palestinian life and made the university complicit in amplifying one sided narratives.

|ByMICHAEL STARR
A WOMAN lies in bed, looking at her phone.

Women hit far harder than men by October 7 war media overload - study

Researchers looked at what happens when people absorb trauma indirectly, through constant exposure to disturbing images, videos, and stories. They call it “secondary trauma.”

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Police return to UCLA to dismantle Pro-Palestinian barricades

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

MAY 2, 2024ByREUTERS
Law enforcement officials clash with demonstrators, as they try to enter the protest encampment in support of Palestinians at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), May 2, 2024

'Go back to Europe': Anti-Israel protesters punch Israel activist in head at UC Berkeley

A scuffle over an attempt to take an Israeli flag from student led to violence.

MAY 2, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
A PRO-PALESTINIAN protester uses a bullhorn during a demonstration on the UC Berkeley campus on Monday.

UCLA anti-Israel activists brace for confrontation with police

SJP decries attempt to have their encampment disbanded.

MAY 2, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
PROTESTERS ATTEND a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza, at UCLA in Los Angeles, in April 2024.

Israel backers attack pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, as NYC police arrest 300

LAPD was called in on Wednesday to restore order and maintain public safety.

MAY 1, 2024ByREUTERS
CHP officers stand guard near an area showing messages of support for Israeli hostages in Gaza, amid clashes at a nearby pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 1, 2024.

Jewish UCLA student blocked from entering campus by pro-Palestinian activists

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. 

APRIL 30, 2024ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS
Students take part in a protest encampment in support of Palestinians at the Columbia University campus, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, US, April 28, 2024.

Anti-Israel protesters at UCLA attack Native American woman opposing Hamas

Lani Dawn said pro-Palestinian protesters told her and a Native American man that they couldn't speak to each other at the scene.

APRIL 28, 2024ByTZVI JOFFRE
Pro-Israeli protesters hold flags as students at an encampment protest in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at the University of California in Los Angeles, California, US. April 25, 2024.

Guest lecturer at UCLA leads students in 'Free Palestine' chant at mandatory lecture

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

APRIL 5, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
AN ANTI-ISRAEL protester glorifies the Intifada last November at the UC Davis Quad.

Tzipi Livni UCLA talk moved online after anti-Israel protest

Livni had been scheduled to speak at Royce Hall, but chapters of the Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA organized the protests to make "sure war criminals are NOT welcome on our campus!"

FEBRUARY 28, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
Tzipi Livni

Mars rover data confirms ancient lake sediments on Mars

Those layers provide unmistakable evidence that soil sediments carried by water were deposited at Jerezo Crater and its delta from a river that fed it, just as they are in lakes on Earth.

JANUARY 27, 2024ByREUTERS
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas of “Marker Band Valley” at two times of day on April 8. Color was added to a combination of both panoramas for an artistic interpretation of the scene.

UCLA professor: 'Hindus serve in IDF to kill Muslims, Israel broadcasts porn on Palestinian TV'

“Hindu nationalists openly and loudly celebrate what Israel is doing to Palestinians," UCLA law professor Dr. Khaled Abou el-Fadl said on a YouTube live stream.

JANUARY 21, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A municipal worker cleans the street in front of a bilboard displaying Indian and Israeli flags for PM Netanyahu's visit, Ahmedabad, India, January 2018