Israel

Hate only becomes more prevalent when people do not identify it as hate. It is time to show Jewish students respect by living with the intention of never forgetting such hate exists.

Passover — or pesach in Hebrew — celebrates the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in ancient Egypt to their new homeland in Israel. The Jewish holiday began the evening of April 5 and concluded April 13, a day which marked the end of strict kosher for many practicing Jews.

“Apartheid week” was held this week, hosted by student groups Bears for Palestine and Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine with the goal of covering “the origins of Israeli apartheid and how it affects Palestinians today.”

Berkeley Law is under investigation by the US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights over the administration’s response to a bylaw banning Zionist speakers passed in August by the Law Students for Justice in Palestine, or LSJP, and several other law student organizations.

The ASUC Senate approved a bill to condemn antisemitism, with nine of 20 of the senators absent in protest of it Wednesday.

Berkeley residents protested outside Berkeley City Council’s meeting Tuesday, voicing their disapproval of Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguín’s visit to Israel.

UC Berkeley’s study abroad programs have reopened for the fall 2021 semester, sending students across the globe amid uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The ASUC Senate passed SR 21/22-019 in support of U.S. House Resolution 2590 and delivered committee and office updates Wednesday. 

It really is difficult to think of Gaza as anything other than an open-air prison, and it is also difficult to think of the situation in Palestine as anything other than a form of apartheid.

Berkeley Hillel, along with the UC Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies and the Chancellor’s Committee on Jewish Student Life and Campus Climate, published an educational video March 18 to educate viewers about anti-Semitism and how to address it.