UC Berkeley police release photos of suspects in violent protest at Jewish student event

BERKELEY – Israeli attorney Ran Bar-Yoshafat was invited to speak at Zellerbach Playhouse on Feb. 26 by the Jewish student groups Students Supporting Israel and Berkeley Tikvah.Bears for Palestine, another student group, called for a protest to shut down the lecture, along with other groups. Their Instagram post on the day of the event condemned Bar-Yoshafat as a murderer. 'This individual is dangerous,' the post said. 'Ran Bar-Yoshafat has Palestinian blood on his hands.

' Minutes before the event was to start, a crowd of some 200 protesters began to surround the building, according to a statement issued by UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ.On Monday, UC Berkeley Police described the event as a 'riot' and said 'members of the crowd forced their way into the building, injured guests and police officers, and caused property damage. Two incidents were classified as hate crimes.

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