{"id":2199125,"date":"2024-03-14T13:46:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T17:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-lawyer-ran-bar-yoshafat-will-return-to-berkeley-after-anti-semitic-mob-shut-down-his-speech\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T13:49:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T17:49:59","slug":"israeli-lawyer-ran-bar-yoshafat-will-return-to-berkeley-after-anti-semitic-mob-shut-down-his-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-lawyer-ran-bar-yoshafat-will-return-to-berkeley-after-anti-semitic-mob-shut-down-his-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Attorney Ran Bar-Yoshafat to Revisit Berkeley Following Disruption by Anti-Semitic Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisraeli-lawyer-ran-bar-yoshafat-will-return-to-berkeley-after-anti-semitic-mob-shut-down-his-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2199125&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>&#8220;This Goes Beyond Israeli or Jewish Concerns,&#8221; Affirms Ran Bar-Yoshafat<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>      Ran Bar-Yoshafat (Israel National News)<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ran Bar-Yoshafat<\/strong>, the Israeli lawyer whose speech\u200b at <strong>University of California, Berkeley<\/strong> was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-ted-cruz-12-democrat-run-cities-had-record-homicides-in-2021-soft-on-crime-anti-police-policies\/\" title=\"Sen. Ted Cruz: 12 Democrat-Run Cities Had Record Homicides in 2021 \u2014 \u2018Soft-on-Crime,\u2019 Anti-Police Policies\">abruptly halted<\/a> by an anti-Semitic protest\u200b last month, is set to deliver\u200d a resolute comeback presentation on campus \u2064next week.<\/p>\n<p>Bar-Yoshafat will grace Berkeley once again for a\u2064 Monday event, upheld by Tikvah Students for Israel alongside various pro-Israel factions. His re-emergence follows the distressing \u2063episode where previous demonstrators \u2064resorted to physical and verbal attacks, even going as far as \u200bassaulting\u2064 student attendees.<\/p>\n<h3>Addressing Free Speech and\u200b Intolerance<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s much more than an Israeli battle or a Jewish plight. \u200cWhat we&#8217;re witnessing is the <strong>erosion of Western civilization&#8217;s core values<\/strong>, where \u2063open discourse is no longer a given,&#8221; Bar-Yoshafat\u200b conveyed to the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>. Despite being\u2062 a reserve officer,\u2062 he underscores the <strong>gravity of silencing dialogue<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the very \u200dbastion of the 1964 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">free speech<\/a> movement, Berkeley, doesn&#8217;t uphold the tenet of free speech, it&#8217;s quite astounding,&#8221; \u2062he remarked pointedly.<\/p>\n<h3>A Follow-Up from The February Incident<\/h3>\n<p>Post the February debacle, Berkeley administrators sparked a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-make-arrests-over-online-racist-abuse-aimed-at-englands-black-soccer-players\/\" title=\"Police Make Arrests Over Online Racist Abuse Aimed At England\u2019s Black Soccer Players\">hate crime investigation<\/a><\/strong>, signaling &#8216;overtly antisemitic&#8217;\u2063 acts\u200d and physical altercations. &#8220;Such behavior is inadmissible,&#8221; declared Berkeley&#8217;s chancellor, \u2064Carol Christ. Reports of abuse\u200b toward Jewish students organizing the event\u200c led to a comprehensive probe.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these moves, Bar-Yoshafat mentioned the absence of communication with Berkeley officials regarding the unacceptable occurrences and his \u200csubsequent planned visit.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy Among Faculty<\/h3>\n<p>Amidst these \u2063tensions, the Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine have openly criticized the investigation, urging the school to \u2063halt any criminal inquiries into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/students-of-color-wrote-names-on-whiteboard-other-students-claimed-the-list-was-racist-a-professor-now-faces-termination\/\" title=\"Students Of Color Wrote Names On Whiteboard. Other Students Claimed The List Was Racist. A Professor Now Faces Termination.\">protesting students<\/a>. They argue\u2063 that the \u2062questioning of demonstrators, asserted to be peaceful, is unjustified.<\/p>\n<h3>Broader Investigations Ensue<\/h3>\n<p>The confrontation has further\u200d drawn the attention\u2062 of the Department of Education, launching a <strong>federal discrimination investigation<\/strong> following the events that forced Bar-Yoshafat and \u200chis wife\u200b off campus, adding another layer of \u200cscrutiny to UC Berkeley&#8217;s handling of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/using-wrong-pronouns-should-be-criminal-offense-say-almost-half-of-millennials-survey-2\/\" title=\"Almost half of millennials believe that using incorrect pronouns should be considered a \"criminal offense,\" according to a survey.\">free \u2062speech<\/a> and discrimination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ran Bar-Yoshafat, Israeli attorney, faces down anti-Semitism after his UC Berkeley talk was silenced. 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