Berkeley, CA – A Jewish student at the University of California at Berkeley who was attacked by a Muslim student last year has filed suit against UC Berkeley for failing to provide a safe atmosphere. In her suit, 21-year-old Jessica Felber alleges that UC Berkeley did not effectively deal with harassment and intimidation by Muslim and pro-Arab student groups, leading to “a dangerous and threatening environment.”
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Felber was attacked by Husam Zakharia, leader of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) group, during a rally. At the time, she was holding a sign that said “Israel Wants Peace.”
Zakharia rammed Felber with a shopping cart, causing her injury. Following the assault, she was granted a restraining order against Zakharia.
The assault could have been prevented if campus authorities had taken sufficient care to ensure students’ safety, according to the suit. Instead, UC Berkeley policies “fostered and encouraged” pro-terrorist incitement, “turned a blind eye to the perpetrators of illegal activities,” and “failed to effectively discipline the MSA [Muslim Student Association] and SJP for their pro-terrorist programs, goals and conduct; despite having ample notice that such violence was foreseeable.”
By failing to provide security to Jewish and pro-Israel students, UC Berkeley “condoned and allowed the MSA, the SJP and MSU [Muslim Student Union] to threaten, harass and intimidate Jewish students and to endanger their health and safety.”
The suit lists several instances of past anti-Israel and anti-Jewish incitement on the Berkeley campuses and UC campuses in central and northern California, particularly the campus in Irvine.
According to the lawsuit, the SJP and MSA have previously staged “checkpoints” at which they brandish mock weapons and demand that students state their religious affiliation. The checkpoints are meant to mimic the IDF’s checkpoints in Judea and Samaria, at which soldiers check passing vehicles for weapons and bombs.
The suit also notes that Zakharia and two other SJP activists were cited in 2008 for battery, after disrupting a college by a campus Jewish group and assaulting a Jewish student
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Good. Let the Jewish students sue that hotbed of anarchy that calls itself a university, where the biggest bums and other misfits of society get a forum –and a paycheck–! Let them be hit in the pocket if not in the mouth.
all the college needs is a JDL chapter and those terrrorists will learn to behave.
i hope Jessica Felber is not being used as a pawn here by Jewish groups with an agenda, no matter how worthy the agenda may be. This is really putting her in the spotlight and might have unwanted effects down the line. Maybe she should focus on doing well in school, making friends, doing mitzvos, etc.
The last sentence of the article, as it appears here, simply makes no sense:
“The suit also notes that Zakharia and two other SJP activists were cited in 2008 for battery, after disrupting a college by a campus Jewish group and assaulting a Jewish student.”
Could someone explain what “disrupting a college by a campus Jewish group” means, please?
4 it means they’ve done same thing before in a violent way learn to read jewish print
I wish her hatzlacha. Even though it was a stupid mistake on her part to enroll in a college such as Berkley, her case is meritorious and she may be able to inflict a serious financial damage on that dastardly school.