The federal Department of Education found that pro-Palestinian events critical of Israel conducted on University of California campuses were protected free speech. The events included mock Israeli military checkpoints at UC Berkeley last year. (San Francisco Chronicle, August 28, 2013, by Nanette Asimov)
Jewish students at various UC campuses filed complaints in 2012 under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protecting students against discrimination based on racial or ethnic background. The Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights released a statement saying that “exposure to such robust and discordant expressions, even when personally offensive and hurtful, is a circumstance that a reasonable student in higher education may experience.” (The Electronic Intifida, August 28, 2013, by Nora Barrows-Friedman)