Court Orders UCLA to Stop Protesters From Blocking Jewish Students

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) to stop preventing Jewish students from traversing the campus amid pro-Palestinian protests. The ruling was made after three Jewish students sued UCLA in June for allowing protesters to barricade the center of the campus and establish an encampment that obstructed passage to campus facilities. The plaintiffs say they were blocked from certain areas of campus as “anti-Semitic activists” established checkpoints near their encampment, allowing only those who condemned Israel to pass through. U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi issued a preliminary injunction on Aug. 13, prohibiting UCLA from providing programs and access to buildings if Jewish students were blocked....