Jewish UCLA Students Preserve Suit Against Pro-Palestine Protest

Jewish students and staff members at UCLA can move forward with claims they were harassed by pro-Palestinian protesters over Israel’s actions in Gaza, a federal court said.

Motions from National Students for Justice in Palestine and the People’s City Council to dismiss the Jewish plaintiffs’ claims failed in part because more than a “psychological consequence” of harassment was alleged, said Judge Mark C. Scarsi with the US District Court for the Central District of California on Tuesday.

But Scarsi agreed to dismiss four defendants from the case, two organizations and two individuals, finding that they weren’t sufficiently connected to the ...