r/moderatepolitics • u/awaythrowawaying • 2d ago

News Article US Justice Department sues UCLA alleging antisemitic educational environment

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-justice-department-sues-ucla-alleging-antisemitic-educational-environment-2026-05-26/
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u/lostroadrunner22 2d ago

I think having ‘Jewish Exclusion Zones’ is wrong. Call me crazy

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u/justafutz 2d ago

Reminder for those denying the above that a federal judge opened his opinion on this subject like this:

“In the year 2024, in the United States of America, in the State of California, in the City of Los Angeles, Jewish students were excluded from portions of the UCLA campus because they refused to denounce their faith. This fact is so unimaginable and so abhorrent to our constitutional guarantee of religious freedom that it bears repeating, Jewish students were excluded from portions of the UCLA campus because they refused to denounce their faith. UCLA does not dispute this.”

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u/markantona 11h ago

I was a UCLA student at the time and it was not a Jewish exclusion zone. I was not allowed into that area and am not Jewish. Literally majority of people weren’t. I tried to walk to class through it and they were turning around everyone. There were a few Jewish students that would go on Fox News, post on social media, and openly lie about the conditions to build a narrative. I knew multiple of them personally.

On top of this, the encampment started as a peaceful area people could enter and leave freely. The quad was open and you could walk in and around it. One night, counter protesters came in and started launching fireworks and assaulting people in the encampment with bats. Meanwhile, the news helicopter showed a line of police cars at chick fil a on Westwood Blvd. They refused to respond to it, which is why the encampment blocked off areas as they had to fend for themselves as they were assaulted.

I have no doubt there was some level of antisemitism and pro Hamas beliefs within the encampment. But it’s also inaccurate to say that it was a Jewish exclusionary zone because it wasn’t.

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u/justafutz 3h ago

The antisemitism task force on UCLA’s campus and multiple others say you’re wrong, including people I personally know, and to call them peaceful is astounding when there are multiple documented assaults by them, including the day before the clash with counterprotestors.