Congress Investigates UCLA over Weak Response to Antisemitism

Congress Investigates UCLA over Weak Response to Antisemitism


The U.S. House of Representatives has asked the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) to submit documents about the institution’s response to antisemitism on campus, after a recent violent pro-Palestinian “encampment.”

House Education and Workforce Committee chair Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) has been leading investigations into a number of universities in the wake of radical protests on campus, many of which have included radical anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric, and reports of harassment against Jewish students and faculty since the October 7 terror attack.

Foxx has turned her attention to UCLA, where Jewish students were prevented by a pro-Palestinian “encampment” from entering public areas of campus and were unable to reach their classes, in some cases. The “encampment” also assaulted journalists. On April 30, a group of

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