UC regent slams Berkeley event featuring failed suicide bomber as ‘disgusting and abhorrent’

The University of California-Berkeley faced backlash for hosting Israa Jaabis, a failed suicide bomber with a terrorism conviction, at a Palestinian Political Prisoners Day event. UC Regent Jay Sures condemned the event as 'disgusting and abhorrent,' citing the university's obligation to uphold free speech under the First Amendment despite concerns over antisemitism.