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Anti-Semitic posters were found outside of Eshleman Hall this week — an incident that has been met with widespread condemnation from members of the campus Jewish community and the campus administration.
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More than 40 students gathered together on the steps of Sproul Plaza to protest and mourn the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration on Thursday.
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After his plans to deliver a pro-Israel speech at UC Berkeley were put on hold, renowned civil liberties lawyer Alan Dershowitz confirmed Monday that he had received a personal invitation to speak on campus from UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky.
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The University of California signed a memorandum of understanding with Israel’s National Technological Innovation Authority to expand collaboration between both parties.
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Crowds gathered around Sather Gate on Tuesday afternoon to watch a mock checkpoint demonstration presented by Students for Justice in Palestine, or SJP, which aimed to illustrate Israeli-Palestinian border relations.
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More than 200 protesters held signs, waved flags and exchanged heated words Tuesday on Upper Sproul as multiple student groups, Bay Area residents, and interested bystanders protested both sides of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, addressing the boycott, divestment, and sanction (BDS) movement directed at Israel.
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With an 8-2-2 vote Tuesday, the Undergraduate Students Association Council of UCLA resolved to divest from a list of companies allegedly tied to violence against Palestinians, establishing a majority of the UC student governments that have called for the UC Board of Regents to disentangle UC funds from Israel’s alleged human rights violations.
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In a contentious Saturday meeting, the University of California Student Association voted to postpone a resolution on divesting university funds from companies associated with the Israeli military.
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Experts discussed the future of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process at a panel at the Bancroft Hotel Tuesday.
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Drums and microphones met caution tape and signs as two separate student groups protested on Upper Sproul Plaza on Tuesday over the issue of academic exchange between UC Berkeley and Israeli academic institutions.
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