UC Berkeley slammed after anti-Israel group hosts failed suicide bomber as guest event speaker: 'cesspool'

A section of a far-left enactment astatine the University of California, Berkeley's instrumentality schoolhouse capped disconnected a "Palestinian Political Prisoners Day" earlier this week with a connection from a failed termination car bomber who was jailed successful Israel for 8 years.

UC Berkeley Law Students for Justice Palestine shared a video connected its Instagram relationship from convicted attempted car bomber Israa Jaabis, who thanked her occidental counterparts for supporting her cause.

"Firstly, I would similar to convey [the students] for their attentiveness, for listening with their hearts," Jaabis said, according to English translated subtitles attached to the video. "For galore reasons, adjacent their attendance is capable to marque america consciousness — arsenic liberated Palestinian prisoners — that determination is idiosyncratic who cares astir us."

Israa Jaabis, a Palestinian pistillate who spent 8 years successful Israeli prisons with terrible burns, spoke astir her captivity and state astatine the 3rd International Al-Aqsa Women's Conference successful Istanbul, Turkiye, connected Nov. 7, 2025. (Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Jaabis was jailed successful Israel from 2015 to 2023 aft attempting to acceptable disconnected a car weaponry during a postulation stop. The incidental occurred adjacent an country wherever Israeli soldiers would often stitchery and effort to hitchhike. Both Jaabis and the Israeli officer, Moshe Chen, were severely burned during the panic attack.

While successful prison, Jaabis made headlines for demanding cosmetic country connected her severely scarred face. She was released successful November 2023 successful a captive speech arsenic the Israeli authorities attempted to escaped hostages taken by Hamas militants successful the Oct. 7, 2023 panic attack.

Palestinian captive Israa Jaabis arrives astatine her location successful Israeli-annexed eastbound Jerusalem connected Nov. 26, 2023, aft being released from Israeli jails successful a captive speech with Hamas. (Oren Ziv/AFP)

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"There are those who are successful solidarity with us, those who enactment america and bash not wantonness us," Jaabis said successful the video. "Your attendance — successful peculiar arsenic instrumentality students — makes america hopeful that determination remains immoderate humanity, that determination is idiosyncratic to enactment america successful the future, delivering our connection to the planetary assemblage and amplifying our telephone to liberate Palestinian prisoners, arsenic good arsenic to liberate societies from servitude and from bigotry which produces populations complicit successful perpetrating inhumane laws."

Critics connected X blasted some the lawsuit organizers and UC Berkeley itself.

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"Berkeley being a leftist cesspool is not thing that should astonishment you," said 1 X user.

"Muslims indispensable beryllium laughing astatine the insane stupidity of the 'enlightened' utile idiots present successful the West," said another.

"This worldly keeps maine up astatine night. I don't recognize however the satellite conscionable rewrites morality to acceptable it's governmental agenda," said another.

A spokesperson for UC Berkeley Law said the school's hands were tied.

Pro-Palestinian protesters acceptable up a structure encampment during a objection successful beforehand of Sproul Hall connected the UC Berkeley field successful Berkeley, Calif., connected April 22, 2024. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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"As a nationalist university, UC Berkeley has a non-discretionary work to abide by and enactment the First Amendment successful a wholly contented neutral manner," Alex Shapiro, adjunct dean of communications, said. "We bash not person the ineligible quality to authorisation oregon censor Constitutionally protected expression."

"However, as UC Berkeley has repeatedly informed the student body, if immoderate field assemblage subordinate feels threatened, they are encouraged to interaction the Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination. OPHD provides enactment to those harmed, investigates each allegations, and the field takes due steps pursuing immoderate findings."