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Violence erupted at the University of California, Los Angeles after pro-Israeli counter-demonstrators attacked a pro-Palestinian campus encampment. Bubbling tensions on the campus boiled over following the alleged breach of a "buffer zone" between the rival groups.

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[–] [email protected] 212 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (30 children)

"Law enforcement simply stood at the edge of the lawn and refused to budge as we screamed for their help," UC Divest at LA, a group involved in the encampment, said in a statement.

Fucking disgusting

[–] [email protected] 129 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 59 points 7 months ago

Well trained by the IDF, they act exactly the same as when settlers attack Palestinians. They'll only intervene if you fight back.

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[–] Rottcodd 136 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 115 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Supporters of Israeli genocide commit violence.
I'm shocked.
Shocked and appalled.
This is so out of character for genocidalists.

[–] venusaur 16 points 7 months ago

zionists turned into genocidalists. it all starts with God.

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[–] [email protected] 118 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Jewish Federation Los Angeles meanwhile blamed the university's chancellor for allowing "an environment to be created over many months that has made students feel unsafe".

The group demanded that the encampment be cleared and that UCLA meet leaders of the Jewish community.

Fucking hell, this is such a callous response. In any other situation, the group representing the side that just had masked vigilantes attack peaceful demonstrators would make amends. "These people don't represent our movement. We disavow them and what they stand for." And so on.

I see they're taking a page from Israel's book: refuse to apologize, defend unprovoked violence, and blame the victims on top of everything else.

[–] Sweetpeaches69 32 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

No wonder anti-semitism is ramping up. The JFLA not helping themselves with that one.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago

"We're allowed to beat you if you question our genocide" is certainly a hell of a tagline

[–] DrDominate 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Your school's protests against violence is making the school unsafe and therefore it's the schools fault for the violence that falls upon it. That's basically what they said.

[–] mriormro 21 points 7 months ago

Lol, it's not my fault I'm beating you in the face. It's the school's fault I'm beating you in the face.

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[–] BigMikeInAustin 103 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All these police attacks on Pro-Palestine rallies are just bringing more attention that would have faded away.

And the unprovoked violent attacks will cause more people to start to question the Israel war and the US support of it. People will start to wonder why supporting normal Palestine people is an idea to attack peaceful rallies and to take away the right to protest.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All these police attacks on Pro-Palestine rallies

In this case they weren't attacked by Police.

[–] Koof_on_the_Roof 38 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or the police weren’t wearing their uniforms???

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[–] [email protected] 90 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

You wont hear mainstream media question why the police retracted a short moment before pro-Israeli thugs stormed in the encampment and attack the peaceful protesters, they came back in to only arrest the pro-palestine protesters. the establishment has payed to end the protests and establishment media are only parading the side of the story the have been paid for to.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy needs a payed vs paid bot

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[–] Fedizen 88 points 7 months ago (5 children)

The descriptions suggest the counter protesters are not students but people whipped up from outside the school by media.

We know why students wouldn't have jobs but who the fuck are these people attacking the kids?

[–] return2ozma 63 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Here's a video. Some are middle aged men attacking the students. https://x.com/ryangrim/status/1785622283161067568

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago

Often I think, while smashing things and screaming "FUCK YOU OLD LADY!", that I must definitely be in the right.

[–] chalupapocalypse 41 points 7 months ago (1 children)

More fucking Rittenhouses I assume

[–] kautau 29 points 7 months ago

These idiots couldn't answer a single fucking question about Israel or Palestine but the people protesting are "libs" and the brainwashing of "my tribe vs their tribe" appears to be as effective as ever

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago

The same cops that attack protesters during the day, just off duty. Still paid overtime, somehow, because reasons.

[–] PriorityMotif 19 points 7 months ago
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[–] Therealgoodjanet 77 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Isn’t it interesting how Israel and pro-Israel people apply the exact same tactic?! Let’s attack innocent people. Whether it’s bombing innocent civilians or violently attacking peaceful protestors. It’s so telling. They are rotten to their core.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's what 80 years of cultural righteousness gets you. You start to think you can do no wrong.

Cue up the "I learned it from you" meme because the USA showed Israel how it's done.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_ 74 points 7 months ago (7 children)

You can have violence from the police, or you can have counter-protest violence. The police have proven time and again they will stand back and do nothing while the people protesting for any liberal idea (sad that the left seems to be the only one interested in things like peace, equality, and justice) get beaten by the right.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Palestinian homeland isn't even a liberal idea though.

[–] SquirtleHermit 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

True, but being anti genocide, anti colonialism, and anti war often are. Just so happens that these ideas and Palestinian statehood are simpatico at the moment.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I think this is a good example of how vigilantes often work to support the state's goals when it can't legally/easily complete their goals.

For every fascistic government still bound by laws, there will be fascists willing to ignore them to support it. See this. See the KKK carrying out lynchings on people who are barely escaping the grasp of the state. See the settlers illegally settling on Palestinian land to carry out the state's goals of ethnic cleansing.

[–] FenrirIII 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Hate is a powerful tool used by fascists to rally people to violence. Every one of these attackers should be arrested and thrown in prison.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

In situations like this, it's common that the vigilantes are not actually rogue. They're working together with the police. They might be friends, they might be off duty cops, and they could easily be messaging each other about what ought to be done when.

I don't have any specific evidence that this situation is as described above, but we know that many others have been and will be.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 7 months ago

People supporting genocide are violent.

What a surprise.

[–] IchNichtenLichten 45 points 7 months ago (36 children)

"Counter-protesters"?

This is an example of a news organization trying so hard to be neutral that they end up taking a side.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago

Jesus Christ. All over students protesting that their university is openly supporting a regime committing genocide and crimes against humanity.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Obviously it's the zionists who attack others

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Angry and lashing out. This time the Israeli genocide was called out and the world was made more aware. And the usual cover given challenged thanks to these protests. The dehumanization of Palestinian people by supporters of Israel's genocide is frightening.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago

Police Prevent Crime! I mean Police Protect us from Crime! I mean Police Solve Crimes! I mean

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

How come the only videos we can see are ones from news stations with talking heads?

Shouldn't there be a bunch of raw camera footage taken with people's phones?

I don't need some shitty news station to curate or manufacture information for me.

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