Judge Orders UCLA to Create Plan to Protect Jewish Students on Campus

Three Jewish students have sued the university over the treatment of Jews during the pro-Palestinian encampments and demonstrations this past spring.

A pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California–Los Angeles on April 30, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images

A federal judge has given the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) one week to draft a plan that would ensure its Jewish students won’t be blocked from attending classes by anti-Israel protesters, as happened this spring.

The July 29 directive was issued a month after three Jewish students sued UCLA for allegedly allowing pro-Palestinian activists to barricade the center of the campus and establish an encampment that illegally obstructed passage to campus facilities.