{"id":2246449,"date":"2024-05-16T20:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ucla-blocked-pro-israel-event-conservative-student-group-says\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T20:44:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T00:44:24","slug":"ucla-blocked-pro-israel-event-conservative-student-group-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ucla-blocked-pro-israel-event-conservative-student-group-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative Students Claim UCLA Blocked Pro-Israel Event"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fucla-blocked-pro-israel-event-conservative-student-group-says%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=2246449&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 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) faced controversy when\u2063 it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-wont-say-whether-us-met-its-objective-for-afghanistan-evacuations\/\" title=\"Psaki Won\u2019t Say Whether US Met Its Objective For Afghanistan Evacuations\">allegedly blocked<\/a> a\u200c pro-Israel event hosted by \u2062the conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-group-pledges-to-re-up-yale-lawsuit-tossed-by-biden-doj\/\" title=\"Student Group Pledges to Re-Up Yale Lawsuit Tossed by Biden DOJ\">student group<\/a> YAF. Accusations of yielding to pressure from pro-Hamas radicals and constitutional violations\u200d arose. Despite UCLA&#8217;s\u2062 denial of \u2063event \u2062cancellation, tensions over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-the-fight-over-identity\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: The Fight Over Identity\">conflicting viewpoints<\/a> and campus \u200csafety \u200dpersist. The University of \u2062California, Los Angeles\u2063 (UCLA) sparked controversy by purportedly obstructing a pro-Israel event organized by the conservative student \u200dgroup\u200b YAF. \u2063Claims of capitulation to pro-Hamas influences \u2062and\u200b constitutional transgressions emerged. While UCLA refuted the event&#8217;s cancellation, disputes regarding divergent perspectives and campus \u200bsecurity \u200dendure.  <\/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 id=\":19q\" class=\"Ar Au Ao\">\n<div id=\":19m\" class=\"Am aiL Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Message Body\" aria-controls=\":1c3\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<div id=\":18m\" class=\"Ar Au Ao\">\n<div id=\":18i\" class=\"Am aiL Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY\" role=\"textbox\" aria-label=\"Message Body\" aria-controls=\":1az\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p>The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) blocked a pro-Israel event from happening on Wednesday, according to the conservative student group hosting the event.<\/p>\n<p>The student group, UCLA\u2019s Young America\u2019s Foundation (YAF) chapter, <a href=\"https:\/\/yaf.org\/news\/ucla-pulls-plug-on-pro-israel-yaf-event-in-unconstitutional-move-to-placate-pro-hamas-radicals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/yaf.org\/news\/ucla-pulls-plug-on-pro-israel-yaf-event-in-unconstitutional-move-to-placate-pro-hamas-radicals\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715985570476000&#038;usg=AOvVaw25oAi27VaQ5Jmp_zIUVzOb\">accused<\/a> the university of caving to pressure from \u201cpro-Hamas campus radicals\u201d who have engaged in \u201cviolent\u201d protests and encampments for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The event was slated to begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The featured speaker was author and counter-Jihad expert Robert Spencer.<\/p>\n<p>However, before the event was scheduled to begin, the YAF team discovered that the doors to the event room were locked, they said.<\/p>\n<p>When they contacted university officials, they were informed that their event would need to be relocated to a low-traffic, remote location, the student group said. This was an \u201cunacceptable last minute change that would have significantly impacted the event\u2019s attendance and impact,\u201d YAF said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/yaf.org\/news\/ucla-pulls-plug-on-pro-israel-yaf-event-in-unconstitutional-move-to-placate-pro-hamas-radicals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/yaf.org\/news\/ucla-pulls-plug-on-pro-israel-yaf-event-in-unconstitutional-move-to-placate-pro-hamas-radicals\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715985570476000&#038;usg=AOvVaw25oAi27VaQ5Jmp_zIUVzOb\">post<\/a> about the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Administrators allegedly refused to open the locked doors, preventing the event from taking place.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks prior, UCLA administrators also allegedly stalled the event\u2019s approval process, according to the student group. Administrators told the group that if the pro-Palestinian encampment was still in place on the day of the event, it would be too dangerous for an event expressing opposing views to happen, the group said.<\/p>\n<p>The student group brought in legal counsel and contested that decision, arguing that it was an unconstitutional use of the heckler\u2019s veto. At first, the university appeared to reconsider, but in the end, the event was stifled, the group said.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe move is also a clear violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-state-case-demonstrates-cowardice-is-the-demise-of-higher-education\/\" title=\"Florida State Case Demonstrates: Cowardice Is The Demise Of Higher Education\">students\u2019 constitutional rights<\/a>,\u201d YAF said in its post.<\/p>\n<p>UCLA said it was \u201cmisinformation\u201d that the event was canceled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe event took place in the designated location after it shifted to a closed, recorded event as proposed by the organizer and agreed to by UCLA,\u201d Mary Osako, vice chancellor of strategic communications at UCLA, said in a statement to The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>YAF pushed back on the university\u2019s characterization, saying the event never took place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe statement from UCLA is not correct. To be clear, our event did not take place,\u201d YAF told The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>YAF\u2019s president, former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, warned that YAF is prepared to take UCLA to court over the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConservative students should have the same rights as the pro-Hamas students who have routinely obstructed and violently disrupted the UCLA campus,\u201d Walker said in a statement to The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUCLA canceled YAF\u2019s access to the lecture hall while allowing protestors to freely roam the campus. Like we did against UC, Berkeley, YAF will prevail against UCLA in court!\u201d Walker said.<\/p>\n<p>The student chairman of UCLA\u2019s YAF chapter, Matthew Weinberg, expressed disappointment at the university\u2019s move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am deeply disappointed in UCLA\u2019s failure to protect our First Amendment rights,\u201d Weinberg <a href=\"https:\/\/yaf.org\/news\/ucla-pulls-plug-on-pro-israel-yaf-event-in-unconstitutional-move-to-placate-pro-hamas-radicals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/yaf.org\/news\/ucla-pulls-plug-on-pro-israel-yaf-event-in-unconstitutional-move-to-placate-pro-hamas-radicals\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1715985570476000&#038;usg=AOvVaw25oAi27VaQ5Jmp_zIUVzOb\">said<\/a>. \u201cAll we wanted was a successful Pro-Israel event where people of all backgrounds and viewpoints can engage in the free exchange of ideas and hear a different perspective not heard across university campuses, and the school made that impossible. This is nothing but an act of pure cowardice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spencer, the event\u2019s speaker, had strong words for the school, accusing it of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-ag-bill-barr-issues-massive-warning-about-americas-public-school-system-outlines-action-plan\/\" title=\"Former AG Bill Barr Issues Massive Warning About America\u2019s Public School System, Outlines Action Plan\">indoctrinating students<\/a> with leftist ideology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUCLA and other universities today are not institutions of higher learning; they are radioactive wastelands of hard-left indoctrination,\u201d Spencer said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCLA blocked a pro-Israel event hosted by its conservative student group, YAF, citing pressure from &#8220;pro-Hamas campus radicals&#8221; engaged in violent protests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2246450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/news.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2150236947.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/news.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/GettyImages-2150236947.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246449","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\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}