{"id":2202940,"date":"2024-03-20T18:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T22:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/berkeley-chancellor-declined-invitation-to-introduce-israeli-lawyer-whose-speech-last-month-was-derailed-by-violent-protesters\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T18:45:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T22:45:51","slug":"berkeley-chancellor-declined-invitation-to-introduce-israeli-lawyer-whose-speech-last-month-was-derailed-by-violent-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/berkeley-chancellor-declined-invitation-to-introduce-israeli-lawyer-whose-speech-last-month-was-derailed-by-violent-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley Chancellor rejects invitation to introduce Israeli lawyer after violent protest interruption"},"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%2Fberkeley-chancellor-declined-invitation-to-introduce-israeli-lawyer-whose-speech-last-month-was-derailed-by-violent-protesters%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=2202940&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--><h2>Berkeley Chancellor&#8217;s Controversial\u2062 Decline<\/h2>\n<p>When student protesters blocked Israeli\u200b lawyer Ran Bar-Yoshafat&#8217;s speech at UC Berkeley, Chancellor Carol Christ condemned it\u200b as an attack\u2063 on university values. \u200cA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moving-in-a-good-direction-comers-hunter-biden-probe-pressures-treasury-to-turn-over-reports\/\" title=\"'Moving in a good direction': Comer\u2019s Hunter Biden probe pressures Treasury to turn over reports\">recent invitation<\/a>\u2064 for Bar-Yoshafat&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ally-says-navalny-was-murdered-as-prisoner-swap-including-americans-was-finalized\/\" title=\"Ally claims Navalny's murder confirmed as prisoner swap with Americans concluded\">return sparked<\/a> further debate \u200cas the Chancellor \u2064declined to introduce him or \u2063send a representative,\u200b drawing criticism from Jewish student\u200c leaders.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy Unfolds<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bar-Yoshafat&#8217;s speech disrupted by violent protesters<\/li>\n<li>Christ&#8217;s refusal to introduce \u2062him or send a video greeting<\/li>\n<li>Debate on free speech and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">campus<\/a> security reignited<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The incident reflects a larger trend at Berkeley, \u2064where the clash between free speech and \u2064anti-Semitic activism has\u2063 intensified. Recent student group \u200bactions and resolutions have highlighted \u200ddivisions on campus surrounding\u200c Israel-related \u200cissues, leading to heightened tensions and congressional scrutiny.<\/p>\n<h3>Campus\u200d Climate Shift<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Anti-Israel sentiment rising on campus<\/li>\n<li>Student senate \u2064resolution condemning Bar-Yoshafat&#8217;s return<\/li>\n<li>Congressional probe into anti-Semitism at Berkeley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keyvanfar, a senior \u2063at Berkeley, expressed \u2063the challenges faced by Jewish students on campus, citing increased hostility \u2063and scrutiny\u2062 since previous incidents. The evolving environment has created a sense of fear and stigma for Jewish students, emphasizing the need for dialogue and understanding amidst \u2062the ongoing tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, student protesters blocked Israeli lawyer Ran Bar-Yoshafat at UC Berkeley. Chancellor Carol Christ condemned it as an assault on university values. When Jewish students reconvened with Bar-Yoshafat this week, it posed a new challenge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1604,"featured_media":2202941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/state-dept-launches-women-in-public-service-initiative-scaled-e1710969049106.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2202940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/state-dept-launches-women-in-public-service-initiative-scaled-e1710969049106.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1604"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2202940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2202941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2202940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2202940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}