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Author: Beata Shneyer

Beata Shneyer is a graduate of UC Berkeley where she was heavily involved in the pro-Israeli movement on and off campus, including membership of the AIPAC campus leadership for two years. She was a research assistant at the Jerusalem Center in 2006.
Anti-Semitism and Pro-Israeli Campus Activism, A Case Study: University of California, Berkeley

Anti-Semitism and Pro-Israeli Campus Activism, A Case Study: University of California, Berkeley

June 1, 2008 | Beata Shneyer
University of California (UC) Berkeley, with its longstanding history of outspoken activism, took up the cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Anti-Israeli expressions peaked during the Second Intifada, posing a major challenge to pro-Israeli students who experienced harassment, property vandalism, and academic discrimination.