UC Regent Jay Sures Condemns UCLA Student Government for Criticizing Israeli Hostage Event

University of California Regent ‘Disgusted’ by UCLA Student Government for Condemning Israeli Hostage Event

Former hostage Omer Shem Tov speaks, as people celebrate at the “Hostages square,” after US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 9, 2025. Photo: Shir Torem via Reuters Connect A member of the University of California system’s governing body has lambasted the Los Angeles campus’ student government for writing an open letter which condemned a university-spon…

A freed Israeli hostage spoke at UCLA without incident. Then the student government weighed in.

An event at the University of California, Los Angeles featuring the freed Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov has become the latest flashpoint in campus dialogue over Israel, after the university’s student government issued a statement condemning the talk. The event itself went off without disruption. But the school’s Undergraduate Students Associated Council issued a letter the same day declaring that bringing Shem Tov to campus was an example of “se…

UC Regent Jay Sures condemns UCLA student government for criticizing Israeli hostage event

LOS ANGELES — In a rare rebuke, UC Regent Jay Sures is speaking out in a blistering criticism of UCLA student government leaders amid a growing controversy over the campus visit of a freed Israeli hostage held by Hamas after…

University of California Regent 'Disgusted' by UCLA Student Government ...

‘Appalled’: Regent rebukes UCLA students for condemning event featuring Israeli hostage

Anyone who signed letter would have to be ‘lunatic,’ regent says University of California System regent Jay Sures said he is “disgusted and appalled” after UCLA’s Undergraduate Student Association condemned a recent campus event featuring former Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov. Sures (pictured) sent a letter to the student government Friday to condemn its decision, calling it a “missed… Source