Fox Airs Shocking Footage of Pro-Israel Protestors Violently Attacking Pro-Palestine Encampment on UCLA Campus

Colby HallMay 1st, 2024, 8:37 am
 

Shocking footage of a violent clash between a group of pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protestors on UCLA’s campus overnight was aired Wednesday morning on Fox & Friends.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the clash occurred when pro-Israel counter-protestors arrived on the campus to tear down the encampment:

Just before midnight, a large group of counter-demonstrators, wearing black outfits and white masks, arrived on campus and tried to tear down the barricades surrounding the encampment. Campers, some holding lumber and wearing goggles and helmets, rallied to defend the encampment’s perimeter.

Videos showed fireworks being set off and at least one being thrown into the camp. Over the next few hours, counter-demonstrators threw objects, including wood and a metal barrier, at the camp and those inside, with fights repeatedly breaking out.

The violence is the worst on campus since counter-protesters, who support Israel, set up a dueling area near where the Gaza war protesters were camping.

A group of security guards could be seen observing the clashes but did not move in to stop them.

Fox’s Jonathan Hunt joined Fox & Friends to present the stunning footage, which included violent attacks by pro-Israel protestors angry at pro-Palestinian protests following news of attacks and ostracization of students at UCLA.

Other footage was posted to X, formerly Twitter, showing the protestors attacking the encampment:

Eli Tsives, a UCLA student, appeared earlier on the show to claim that the pro-Israel protestors were not UCLA students, but simply locals angry about what they were seeing unfold.

“The reason why this is happening is because Jews in L.A. have had enough,” Tsives told Fox & Friends. “They’ve seen how these pro-Hamas protesters are treating Jewish students on campus. And they said, fine, if the UCLA administration is not going to do anything, if LAPD is not going to do anything, we’re going to do something about it.”

“I can confidently say that they are not UCLA students,” Tsives replied. “The average age of those people was around 26, 27, 28, nine. They were all a lot older, and they were just L.A. residents, Jewish L.A. residents that have noticed how these pro-Hamas protesters were treating Jewish students at UCLA. And they said enough is enough. If, like I mentioned before, if the administration’s not going to do anything, we’re going to do something about it.”

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