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A group of antisemitic UCLA students beat their Jewish classmates unconscious, attacked them with sticks and pepper spray and created Jewish exclusion zones — all while the school did nothing to stop it — according to a new lawsuit against the University of California.

The school allowed forvile antisemitic attackson Jewish students on the campus following the Hamas attacks on October 7, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division said in the suit, obtained by The California Post.

“Antisemitic hatred against UCLA’s Jewish and Israeli students reached a point where students were physically assaulted, injured, excluded from campus, and deprived of educational opportunities because of their perceived Jewish or Israeli heritage,” the lawsuit said.

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The DOJ said that the hatred against Jewish and Israeli students reached a point in April 2024, when “masked demonstrators erected an encampment outside of Royce Hall and slapped, kicked, beat with sticks, doused with pepper spray, and knocked unconscious Jewish and Israeli students.”

The vile students also allegedly set up “human phalanxes” to stop access for Jewish students for some areas — demanding students renounce Zionism to pass through checkpoints.

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The complaint alleges UCLA violated Title VI by showing deliberate indifference to pervasive antisemitism on campus.

The lawsuit alleges one Jewish student was left unconscious with an open head wound, while others were kicked, beaten with sticks and sprayed with pepper spray during violent confrontations on campus. Another victim was allegedly told, “Hitler missed one.”

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