The University of California, Los Angeles, has been ordered by a federal judge to create a plan to ensure Jewish students have equal access to campus in collaboration with three Jewish students who sued the university over antisemitism, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The order comes in response to the students’ June lawsuit, which alleged that the university played a role in preventing them from accessing the campus freely during protests, when they were blocked from entering the pro-Palestinian encampment erected by protesters. The university argued that the protesters were the only ones preventing Jewish students from entering that area.
UCLA and the plaintiffs have until Monday to agree on a plan.
The ruling comes after months of tumultuous protests on the UCLA campus. In April, pro-Palestinian student protesters who had set up an encampment at the center of campus were violently attacked by counterprotesters; more recently, in June, over 25 individuals were arrested while attempting to set up a new encampment.
“UCLA is committed to maintaining a safe and inclusive campus, holding those who engaged in violence accountable, and combating antisemitism in all forms,” a university spokesperson told the Times in a statement. “We have applied lessons learned from this spring’s protests and continue to work to foster a campus culture where everyone feels welcome and free from intimidation, discrimination and harassment.”
