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UCLA introduced in an announcement Sunday that it’s going to take extra safety measures amid protests on campus over the warfare between Israel and Hamas.
“UCLA has a protracted historical past of peaceable protest and we’re heartbroken to report that some bodily altercations broke out at present amongst protesters on Royce Quad,” mentioned Mary Osako, vice chancellor of UCLA Strategic Communications.
“Now we have since taken extra safety measures and elevated the variety of our safety group members on website,” Osako mentioned.
“As an establishment of upper studying, we firmly stand by the concept even when we disagree, we should always nonetheless work together respectfully and acknowledge one another’s humanity,” Osako continued.
Relating to the bodily altercation throughout the protests, Osako mentioned: “We’re appalled that sure people selected to hazard the bodily security of the group.”
Final week, the College of California rejected calls to divest firms doing enterprise with Israel.
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