Israel supporters clash with pro-Palestine protesters at California University

On Wednesday, clashes erupted during pro-Palestinian protests on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, as footage from US television media revealed. This is not the only university in the country to experience similar unrest.

CNN said that warring pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli organizations broke out shortly before sunrise.

According to a spokesman for the city mayor, Zach Seidl, the LAPD “is responding immediately to (the university Chancellor’s) request for support on campus.” Seidl posted on social networking site X.

TV footage showed protestors and counter-protesters fighting with sticks and destroying metal barricades.

Others were observed using laser pointers and powerful spotlights to light up each other as they threw objects at each other or let off pyrotechnics.

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Prior to the altercation, Gene D. Block, the chancellor of UCLA, issued a warning stating that demonstrators, who included “both members of the UCLA community and others unaffiliated with our campus,” had established a camp the previous week.

“Many of the demonstrators, as well as counter-demonstrators who have come to the area, have been peaceful in their activism,” Block warned in a letter posted on the university website on Tuesday.

“But the tactics of others have frankly been shocking and shameful.”

“We have seen instances of violence”.

“These incidents have put many on our campus, especially our Jewish students, in a state of anxiety and fear,” he said.

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