Berkeley articles
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Officers clearing out pro-Palestinian protesters from abandoned UC Berkeley building
UPDATE May 16 8:54 p.m. Officers have arrested at least 11 pro-Palestinian protesters who had been occupying a vacant building owned by UC Berkeley, KTVU reported Thursday night. May 16, 7:52 p.m. UC Berkeley police and other law enforcement officers began clearing out pro-Palestinian protesters from an abandoned building near People's Park, KTVU reported Thursday evening. According to NBC Bay Area, officers arrested protesters who had been occupying Anna Head complex near People's Park on...
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University of California-Berkeley grads disrupt commencement with anti-Israel protests
The commencement ceremony held by University of California, Berkeley was interrupted by hundreds of anti-Israel protesters on Saturday morning. Most of the protesters were graduating students, wearing caps and gowns. Pictures show hundreds of students wearing keffiyehs, waving Palestinian flags and holding signage denouncing the Israeli government. The interruptions follow weeks of unrest at U.S. universities over the Israel-Hamas war, leading to thousands of students protesting in opposition to...
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UC Berkeley graduation halted as hundreds join pro-Palestine protest
UC Berkeley's Saturday morning graduation ceremony was punctuated by the chanting of hundreds of pro-Palestine student protesters whose demonstration caused the event to be paused and delayed several times. What started as several small groups of students holding Palestinian flags and chanting soon grew to a crowd of hundreds, as more and more graduating seniors left their seats in the bleachers and took over an entire section of California Memorial Stadium, calling for an end to both the...