PRO-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATORS CLASHED OVER THE WAR IN GAZA YESTERDAY. >> KTLA ERIC SPELLMAN IS LIVE IN WESTWOOD WITH THE LATEST ERIC GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING. ALINA GOOD MORNING, FRANK THIS PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST HERE ON DIXON PLAZA AT UCLA, THIS TEND TO CAMPAIGN HERE IS EXPANDING ITS GROWING LARGER SHOW YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND ME. IT ON THURSDAY WITH JUST A FEW TENSE. IT IS NOW GROWN TO MORE THAN 50 TENTS HERE THE STUDENTS DEMANDING THAT UCLA DIVEST FROM ANY COMPANIES WITH TIES TO ISRAEL AND THESE PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS HERE HAVE SET UP WOODEN BARRICADES AROUND THEIR ENCAMPMENT TO CONTROL WHO GOES IN AND WHO COMES OUT MAY ACTUALLY HAVE APPOINTED THEIR OWN GUARDS HERE. >> TO BLOCK PUBLIC WALKWAYS HERE IN THE CENTER OF CAMPUS NOW SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES FROM A FEW MINUTES AGO SOME UCLA FIREFIGHTERS WANTED TO ENTER THE ENCAMPMENT TO INSPECTED FOR SAFETY TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY FIRE HAZARDS HERE. THEY WERE TOLD. THEY COULD NOT COME IN, BUT THE FIREFIGHTERS DISMANTLED ONE OF THE BARRICADES MOVED IT ASIDE AND WENT INSIDE ANYWAY OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF THE PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS TRIED TO BLOCK THEIR WAY WHEN WE TRIED TO GO INSIDE WITH OUR NEWS CAMERA, THE PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS WOULD NOT LET US PASS. >> ARE WE NOT ALLOW CERTAIN WE TALK TO YOU WHY CAN WE NOT GO THROUGH HERE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT LETTING ME I KNOW I KNOW, BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC CAMP US WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE WE'RE LETTING WHERE BACK POLICE KNOW I IN THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE SET TO FACE THE I MEAN HE'S HE'S IT NOT A POLICE OFFICER WHAT YOU KNOW WHY THAT SO YOU'RE NOT COMING. WELL WHY AM I NOT ALLOWED TO COME IN NOT LETTING I KNOW ARE YOU AFRAID OF WHY ARE YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE TALK TO YOU AND FIND OUT WHAT YOUR PROTEST IS ALL ABOUT. >> HOW DID YOU GET >> SO YOU GUYS ARE IN CHARGE OF WHO GETS THROUGH. I ASKED TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE FROM THE PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUP BUT SO FAR THEY HAVE DECLINED TO OFFER US A SPOKESPERSON. NOW TO SOME PICTURES FROM YESTERDAY, A PRO ISRAEL GROUP ORGANIZED A COUNTER-PROTEST HERE JUST A FEW FEET AWAY FROM THE PRO-PALESTINIAN ENCAMPMENT. THOSE DEMONSTRATORS SHOWED UP WITH ISRAELI FLAGS CALLING FOR HAMAS TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES IN GAZA AND THE 2 SIDES GOT INTO SCUFFLES. AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS HURT HERE A PRO ISRAEL DEMONSTRATOR WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND. >> GOOD TO BE CARRIED OUT OF THE CROWD AND WAS APPARENTLY BLEEDING FROM THE HEAD. UCLA CALLED IN MORE SECURITY AND BROUGHT IN OFFICERS WEARING RIOT GEAR BUT AS FAR AS WE KNOW NOBODY WAS ARRESTED A MEMBER OF THE PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUP SAYS THE PRO ISRAEL DEMONSTRATORS WERE TRYING TO ANTAGONIZE THEM. >> THEY BACKING US THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHING US. I WAS TRYING TO PEOPLE WHO I'M GOING RUN OR NOT FIRST ONE BECAUSE AGO THEY DO. IT'S THE PROVOKE US. I TRYING NOT TO BE AFFECTED BY THEM. >> BUT THIS MORNING, THE DIRECTOR OF A JEWISH ORGANIZATION HERE AT UCLA BLAMED THE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION FOR ALLOWING THE PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUP TO TAKE OVER A SECTION OF CAMPUS. THE TENSIONS ARE HIGH. AND THIS ENCAMPMENT OVER VIOLENCE A LONG LIST OF UNIVERSITY POLICIES. >> THAT HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT YOUR STUDENTS TO PROTECT ALL STUDENTS TO KEEP CAMPUS CALM. AND WHEN NOTHING'S DONE ABOUT IT THAT'S THE RESULT AND IT'S A TINDERBOX READY TO EXPLODE. >> AND IT CONTINUES THIS MORNING SHOWING SHOWING YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE NOW THIS IS THE SET UP. THE BIG VIDEO SCREEN THAT WAS LEFT HERE FROM THE PRO ISRAEL PROTEST YESTERDAY. THEY ARE PROJECTING A VIDEO SHOWING SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL PROJECTING IT TO THE OTHER SIDE. THE PRO-PALESTINIAN TENT ENCAMPMENT WHICH YOU'LL SEE IS MAYBE ONLY A 50 FEET AWAY FROM WHERE THAT VIDEO SCREEN IS SO THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE TAKING PLACE HERE THIS MORNING UCLA, A VICE CHANCELLOR CALLED ON BOTH SIDES TO ENGAGE RESPECTFULLY AND TO RESPECT EACH OTHER'S HUMANITY. WILL SEND IT BACK TO PEOPLE. >> JUST WONDERING YOU ARE STOPPED BY SOMEONE WHO HAS SET UP I GUESS THE ENCAMPMENT IN TOLD YOU COULDN'T PASS THROUGH ON THIS PUBLIC CAMPUS TO TO THE OTHER PORTION OF CAMPUS IS OUR STUDENTS AND FACULTY ALSO BEING STOPPED FROM YES, PASSING THROUGH THEIR OWN CAMPUS. YES. ABSOLUTELY IF YOU SEE BEHIND THE METAL BARRICADE OVER THERE YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OF WOMEN WITH GREEN VEST, THOSE ARE MEMBERS OF THE. >> PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST THAT HAVE SET UP THE ENCAMPMENT HERE AND THEY ARE REFUSING TO ALLOW ANYONE NOT JUST MEDIA BUT OTHER STUDENTS ADMINISTRATORS PROFESSORS CANNOT PASS THERE. THEY'RE A CHECKPOINT THERE AND I'VE ASKED THE FOLKS AT AT UCLA. WHY IS THIS BEING ALLOWED ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING THE STUDENT GROUP. THIS PROTEST GROUP TO TAKE OVER A SECTION OF CAMPUS AND TO DECIDE WHO COULD COME IN AND WHO CAN COME OUT AND I'M WAITING FOR THEIR RESPONSE SO FAR THEY HAVEN'T GOT BACK TO IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A PRECEDENT THAT COULD COULD REALLY BE DANGEROUS IF OTHER PEOPLE AND SAY OK WE'RE GOING TO CLAIM THIS PART OF THE CAMPUS. >> YOU CAN'T COME IN HERE. I MEAN IT COULD REALLY SPIRAL OUT OF IT IT'S JUST ASTONISHING THAT THAT THAT YOU ARE BEING STOPPED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY. >> YEAH, I MEAN IT IS AMAZING TO ME I MEAN AGAIN WHERE DOES IT STOP YOU COULD HAVE ANOTHER PROTEST GROUP TAKE OVER ANOTHER PART OF CAMPUS AND RESTRICT WHO COMES IN AND OUT. >> YEAH, I'M WAITING FOR AN ANSWER FROM UCLA ADMINISTRATION. SO FAR HAVEN'T RECEIVED ONE ALL RIGHT WE KNOW YOU'LL STAY ON TOP OF THAT THANK YOU. >> ERIC THANK THE USC CAMPUS REMAINS CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS MORNING. STUDENTS AND FACULTY ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER CAMPUS OR TO DESIGNATED AREAS ON SATURDAY PROTESTERS VANDALIZED THE ICONIC TOMMY TROJAN STATUE SPRAY PAINTING THE WORDS SAY NO TO GENOCIDE AT THE BASE. NO WORD IF ANYONE WAS ARRESTED, BUT THE LAPD ISSUED A CITYWIDE TACTICAL ALERT SATURDAY NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE DISTURBANCE. UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT CAROL FOLT ISSUED THIS STATEMENT TAKE A LOOK AT READS IN PART USC HAS LONGSTANDING PROTOCOLS THAT ALLOW FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTING AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING SUCCESSFULLY WITH THEIR COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THESE RULES HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED GATHERINGS PROTESTS AND VIGILS TAKING PLACE
