Students at LA top college plot depraved stunt to mark massacre that shocked the world

Radical UCLA students are planning a march on the third anniversary of the Oct.7 Hamas attack on Israel – sparking fierce backlash from critics who blasted the event as “depraved.”Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA is hosting a mass protest Wednesday to mark three years since Hamas terrorists launched their unprecedented attack on Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.The protest is scheduled for noon Oct.

7 at Bruin Plaza at the University of California, Los Angeles, according to an announcement from the student group.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story SJP said the demonstration is intended to commemorate what it described as three years of “escalated genocide in Palestine” and to “recognize and uplift” Palestinian resistance.“In the face of Zionist occupation and genocide, the Palestinian people have remained disciplined in the fight toward the inevitable reality of liberation,” the group wrote.The organization said its protest has two purposes – to “recognize and uplift” Palestinian resistance and turn grief over the conflict into political action.“The genocide in Palestine has not slowed down, and neither should we,” the group said.The group’s tone-deaf language immediately drew backlash online.“This is depraved,” one person wrote in response to the announcement on Instagram.“Looking forward to counterprotesting these bored, uninformed, cosplaying jihadists,” Jon Ronsen said.“You’re gonna make a lot of noise and get a lot of attention, but victorious? I don’t think Israel will fall because of a bunch of barbarians and their Looney Tunes supporters,” another person wrote.The California Post has reached out to SJP at UCLA for further comment on the planned demonstration and the criticism...