Source: SFGate
“An Israeli lawmaker invited to speak at a UC Berkeley School of Law forum on Tuesday was forced to move his remarks onto Zoom after the original in-person event was disrupted by protesters. Simcha Rothman, a member of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, with the far-right Religious Zionist party, was appearing at an event titled Restoring Democracy: The Debate Over Judicial Reform in Israel organized by the law school’s chapter of the Federalist Society. Many of the protesters who attended the event were with UnXeptable, which, according to its website, is a grassroots movement dedicated to protecting Israel’s Democratic institutions. The group opposes a contentious movement to reform Israel’s judiciary, of which Rothman is a chief proponent.” (09/27/24)