{"id":2235518,"date":"2024-05-02T12:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-clear-ucla-anti-israel-encampment-and-arrest-dozens-of-activists\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T12:09:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:09:05","slug":"police-clear-ucla-anti-israel-encampment-and-arrest-dozens-of-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-clear-ucla-anti-israel-encampment-and-arrest-dozens-of-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Police disband UCLA anti-Israel camp, detain numerous activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fpolice-clear-ucla-anti-israel-encampment-and-arrest-dozens-of-activists%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=2235518&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--><p>The\u2063 UCLA anti-Israel encampment \u200dat the campus was cleared by the Los Angeles police after\u2062 activists barricaded the area for a week. Dozens of activists were\u2062 arrested during the operation. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-protesters-hold-black-transgender-city-council-member-hostage-demand-riot-charges-be-dropped\/\" title=\"Minneapolis Protesters Hold Black Transgender City Council Member \u2018Hostage,\u2019 Demand Riot Charges Be Dropped\">protesters shouted<\/a> &#8220;shame on you!&#8221; at the officers, comparing them to the Ku Klux Klan. The conflict arose \u200dafter a clash between pro- and anti-Israel forces. The Los Angeles police \u200ddisbanded the UCLA anti-Israel camp, arresting several activists \u200cwho \u200bhad barricaded the area for a week. Amid the operation,\u200c protesters \u200dcriticized officers, likening them to the\u2062 Ku Klux Klan \u2063and shouting &#8220;shame on you.&#8221; Tensions escalated following a clash between pro- and anti-Israel \u200bgroups.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>UCLA protesters shout &#8216;shame on you!&#8217; and compare officers to Ku Klux Klan<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tCalifornia Highway Patrol officers clear a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA (Mario Tama\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Los Angeles police early Thursday morning cleared the anti-Israel encampment at UCLA and arrested dozens of activists, who for the past week have barricaded a central swathe of campus and flouted the university\u2019s order to disperse Wednesday night. During the showdown, protesters shouted &#8220;shame on you!&#8221; to the officers and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1785872197464228066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">compared them<\/a> to the Ku Klux Klan.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters had been preparing to &#8220;push back&#8221; against police action, according to a memo from the &#8220;Palestinian Solidarity Encampment&#8221; that was circulating among students before UCLA officials ordered activists to abandon the camp. The <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-02-at-9.14.04%E2%80%AFAM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memo<\/a>, obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, instructed &#8220;white and able bodied individuals&#8221; to serve as the first line of defense against the cops, keeping &#8220;black, brown, and other people of color&#8221; as the &#8220;inner circle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The standoff lasted for hours into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-times-maggie-haberman-attacks-president-trump-over-white-house-reporters-having-to-work-early-on-christmas-eve\/\" title=\"NY Times\u2019 Maggie Haberman Attacks President Trump Over White House Reporters Having to Work Early on Christmas Eve\">early morning<\/a>. Activists used strobe lights to try to fend off officers who surrounded them with riot gear. Ultimately the police moved in, dismantled the camp and arrested dozens of protesters who refused to leave.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters\u2019 pushback against the police came less than 24 hours after Los Angeles cops were called in to quell a violent clash between pro- and anti-Israel forces around the encampment, which anti-Israel activists <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dailybruin\/status\/1785621853819793754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> a &#8220;horrifying, despicable act of terror.&#8221; University officials said they are investigating the source of the conflict. Earlier Wednesday, anti-Israel activists held a press conference where they blamed campus security and the police for not doing enough to protect them during that clash.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The only means of protection we had was each other,&#8221; one of the press conference leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C6cV62RvfiJ\/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, according to an Instagram livestream. &#8220;We keep each other safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the encampment\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ucladivest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demands<\/a> of the university as a condition of decamping is to &#8220;defund the police.&#8221; When the Los Angeles Police Department showed up early Wednesday morning to break up the campus riot, the anti-Israel protesters shouted, &#8220;Pigs, go home,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnthonyCabassa_\/status\/1785611380739224063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to footage<\/a> shared on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>UCLA\u2019s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter, which is one of the groups behind the encampment, did not respond to a request for comment. The other main protest coordinator, UC Divest Coalition at UCLA, could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout Wednesday, the activists prepared to hunker down in the encampment. Fox footage <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1785825221267919001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shows<\/a> an ad hoc wall around their tents built from wood pallets and plywood. They also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1785742010139488524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demanded<\/a> vegan and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-hamas-protesters-at-ucla-demand-inhalers-vegan-food-gluten-free-food\/\" title=\"Pro-Hamas UCLA Protesters Request Inhalers, Vegan, and Gluten-Free Food\">gluten free food<\/a>, rope and zip ties, helmets, shields and wood, lotion and knee and elbow pads\u2014as well as &#8220;super bright&#8221; flashlights with strobe. They said they would not accept bagels, bananas, nuts, coffee, or packaged food.<\/p>\n<p>The university, whose representatives did not respond to a request for comment, canceled classes Wednesday and moved students to online learning for the rest of the week.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Gold, head of the pro-Israel group Hillel at UCLA, sent an email to the Jewish community late Wednesday night predicting &#8220;a difficult few days ahead&#8221; and noting that Hillel itself has bolstered security.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We encourage our students to make safe choices and, when possible, avoid areas that are likely to become \u2018hot spots\u2019 and we explicitly discourage any off-campus community members, no matter what the goal, from coming onto campus,&#8221; Gold wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Activists launched their camp between the main campus library and the university\u2019s iconic music hall last Thursday. On Monday and Tuesday, anti-Israel protesters blocked Jewish students from their classrooms, assaulted at least two students\u2014chasing and surrounding one, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephsvox\/status\/1785499792443138368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">footage<\/a> from the United Jewish Coalition, and beating a Jewish girl until she was hospitalized\u2014and only allowed free passage around campus to students who pledged fealty to their cause in exchange for a wristband.\t<\/p>\n<p>University leaders made it clear they would not &#8220;divest&#8221; from Israel as the protesters demanded. On Wednesday, one of the encampment leaders said they wanted more than divestment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given the fact that the University of California is founded on colonialism, it\u2019s inherently a violent institution,&#8221; she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraPowellEsq\/status\/1785835057904820231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA police disperse UCLA anti-Israel camp, arrest dozens of activists. UCLA protesters compare officers to Ku Klux Klan, shouting &#8216;shame on you!&#8217; California Highway Patrol officers remove pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA. 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