"Two prominent California higher education institutions said Wednesday they have reached settlement agreements with Jewish groups or individuals who filed complaints about alleged antisemitism stemming from pro-Palestinian campus protests in 2023 and 2024. UC Berkeley said it agreed to pay an Israeli sociologist and dance researcher $60,000 for an incident in the fall of 2023 in which the instructor said she was not invited back to teach a course despite the success of the class."
"Yael Nativ, who was a visiting professor in 2022, sued in state court, alleging she was rejected because of her Israeli nationality. At the time, protests against Israel's war in Gaza were growing on campus after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. Last year, a formal campus investigation found that she faced discrimination. Nativ filed the suit after she said she asked the university to follow up on the investigation results by rehiring her and taking actions to prevent similar future incidents."
UC Berkeley reached a settlement to pay $60,000 and invited an Israeli visiting professor to teach again after she alleged she was not rehired because of her nationality during pro-Palestinian protests. A campus investigation found she faced discrimination, and she sued after seeking rehiring and institutional remedies. Pomona College agreed to a nonmonetary settlement that includes hiring a Title VI civil rights coordinator and creating a task force on Jewish campus life. Both institutions reached agreements amid federal pressure on California universities to address allegations of antisemitism connected to 2023–2024 campus protests.
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