UCLA’s student government has sparked fury by issuing a vile statement condemning an Israeli hostage speaking on campus.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council claimed hosting Hamas torture survivor Omer Shem Tov “obscured the broader reality of ongoing state violence.”
UCLA was quick to slam the group’s comments and one member broke ranks to brand it “blatantly disrespectful” and revealed it was released without everyone present to vote on it.
The college’s Hillel brought in the 23-year-old to discuss his harrowing 505 days in the tunnels under Gaza at the hands of the terrorists after he was snatched during the October 7 massacre.
He spoke at an event to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 14 — which was attended by chancellor Julio Frenk — and was widely celebrated by the university’s Jewish students.
But a week later the Undergraduate Students Association Council decided to wade in with the pointed letter to UCLA Hillel and the college administration whining that a “single narrative was elevated.”
The group, led by president Diego Bollo, said: “While we affirm the humanity of all people impacted by violence, we reject the selective platforming of narratives that obscure the broader reality of ongoing state violence.
“Israel is currently continuing to carry out what has been widely identified by human rights advocates as a genocide in Gaza, while also expanding its illegal military campaign into Lebanon.
“In this context, elevating a single narrative, absent of critical political and humanitarian framing, serves to legitimize and normalize these ongoing atrocities.”
The letter has sparked fury across the college and Jewish Californians, with one member quickly breaking ranks and saying she had no part in it.
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