A federal judge has permitted pro-Palestine student activists at UC Berkeley to present their arguments in a lawsuit filed against the school alleging antisemitism. Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, a Jewish advocacy group, filed the lawsuit in late 2023 for what it calls the “longstanding, unchecked spread of antisemitism” on campus, Daily Cal reports. The group argues UC Berkeley failed to protect students and faculty against antisemitic discrimination and harassment because it did not stop demonstrations or clear a pro-Palestine encampment that called for Israeli divestments. UC Berkeley has argued that interfering with the protests would have violated its students’ constitutional rights. In June, the university filed a motion in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California to dismiss the case. A decision is pending.

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by Amy Rock, Campus Safety Magazine.

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