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UC Berkeley Announces Hate Crime Investigation Into ‘Unacceptable’ Violent Anti-Israel Protest

‘Is this 1938, 1939 Nazi Germany, where I have to hide because my safety is at risk?’ one Jewish student asks.

AP/Michael Liedtke
A protest at the University of California, Berkeley's Sather Gate on October 16, 2023. AP/Michael Liedtke
MAGGIE LITTLE
MAGGIE LITTLE

After a violent antisemitic mob surrounded a Jewish event at UC Berkeley last week — forcing Jewish students to evacuate the area through tunnels as protesters threatened, screamed, and grabbed them — the university announced on Monday the launch of a criminal investigation into the incident. 

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MAGGIE LITTLE
MAGGIE LITTLE

Mrs. Little is from Pittsburgh and a graduate of Hillsdale College. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Federalist, and The Daily Signal.

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