Members of Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA held a vigil Wednesday night to remember Palestinians killed by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip. Read more...
Photo: Vigil attendees place electric candles around photos of Palestinians killed by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip. Attendees held the candles as they heard poems and speeches. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Around 150 people protested outside a UC Board of Regents meeting Tuesday to call for divestment from companies associated with the Israeli military and condemn the continuation of the Israeli military’s bombing of the Gaza Strip. The protest – led by organizations including Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA and the Palestinian Youth Movement’s Los Angeles, Orange County and Inland Empire chapter – began with a noon press conference in front of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center, where the regents are meeting from Tuesday to Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Protesters demonstrate outside a UC Board of Regents meeting at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center on Tuesday. The protesters called for divestment from companies associated with the Israeli military. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated March 12 at 10:28 p.m. Around 200 students and community members protested Tuesday afternoon against the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and graduate of Columbia University. Read more...
Photo: Protesters march down Bruin Walk in support of Mahmoud Khalil. Around 200 students and community members protested Tuesday against the detainment of the Columbia University graduate, who led pro-Palestine protests at Columbia last spring, by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Zimo Li/Photo editor)
Around 50 pro-Israel demonstrators gathered in Bruin Plaza on Wednesday to raise awareness about Israeli hostages. The event – hosted by the organization Let’s Do Something, which provides equipment and funds for the Israeli military and Israelis affected by war – followed an announcement that three Israeli hostages taken by Palestinian political party and militant group Hamas on Oct. Read more...
Photo: Members of fundraising organization “Let’s Do Something” speak in Bruin Plaza to honor Israeli hostages. The organization hosted a rally Wednesday following Tuesday’s pro-Palestine protest on campus. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
The Trump administration announced the dismantling of one of the world’s largest international development aid agencies. After President Donald Trump signed an executive order hours after his inauguration that froze nearly all foreign aid, Elon Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency, announced the administration’s intention of shutting down the United States Agency for International Development. Read more...
Photo: The White House is pictured. The Trump administration announced it would dismantle the United States Agency for International Development. (Courtesy of Matt H. Wade/Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated Feb. 19 at 10:34 p.m. One person was detained after multiple pro-Palestine groups protested at UCLA on Tuesday. Around 150 people gathered in Dickson Plaza around 2 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Pro-Palestine protesters march past the Mathematical Sciences building. Around 150 people gathered Tuesday to call on the UC to divest from companies associated with the Israeli military and for UCLA to reinstate its chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 12 at 3:57 p.m. Former Israeli politician and peace negotiator Yossi Beilin said during a Thursday lecture at UCLA that peace between Israel and Palestine is possible. Read more...
Photo: Former Israeli politician and peace negotiator Yossi Beilin speaks at a lecture at UCLA on Thursday. (Shiv Patel/Daily Bruin senior staff)
