Suspect Arrested For Assaulting Jewish Student After Pro-Israel Event At UMass Amherst, School Says

Police on Friday arrested a University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst student for assaulting a Jewish student at the conclusion of a pro-Israel event on campus, according to a community note from the school.

The accused approached the group as the event finished up and punched a Jewish student who was holding the Israeli flag, according to UMass Hillel, the local Jewish student union. The unnamed suspect allegedly “took the flag and spit on it.”

The same individual approached the pro-Israel crowd during the event and made rude and aggressive gestures towards them, according to the press release.

The Jewish student “was not injured” and the alleged offender is forbidden to come back to the campus, the university announced in a notice sent out Monday. “The student will be subject to the legal consequences of their actions as well as the Student Code of Conduct,” UMass said.