Controversy erupts over Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín’s visit to Israel

Berkeley residents protested outside Berkeley City Council’s meeting Tuesday, voicing their disapproval of Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguín’s visit to Israel.
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Berkeley residents protested outside Berkeley City Council’s meeting Tuesday, voicing their disapproval of Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguín’s visit to Israel.
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A survey released Wednesday by UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute found that most Muslim Americans experience Islamophobia in their lifetimes, especially women.
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My brother still wasn’t back with our sheep, but I had to tweet this as early as possible. The devil works hard, but Islamophobes work harder. And I was right.
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Cal Berkeley Democrats hosted a rally Wednesday evening in the genetics and plant biology building to protest conservative author Ann Coulter’s speech on campus.
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City Councilmember Cheryl Davila appointed campus Near Eastern studies and Asian American studies lecturer Hatem Bazian — who has faced controversy in the past — to the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission.
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Jaclyn Safier, president of the Helen Diller Family Foundation, has been a member of the campus Board of Visitors, which advises the administration, since 2015.
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If universities want to define the lines between hate speech and politics, they need to hold their instructors accountable when they cross the lines.
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UC Berkeley ethnic studies lecturer Hatem Bazian came under public criticism Nov. 20 for retweeting a meme that many have since called anti-Semitic.
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Cheryl Davila’s path to the District 2 seat is just one of the things that sets her apart from other Berkeley City Council members.
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Nikkei Student Union and Muslim Student Association partnered Tuesday to hold a “Day of Remembrance” in honor of Japanese Americans who were detained in internment camps during World War II and in solidarity with Muslim Americans struggling against Islamophobia.
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