Vishal Jugdeo

Vishal Jugdeo participated in an anti-Israel event in Los Angeles, California, in March 2024.

The profilee's activism occurred during Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, which Israel launched after the October 7, 2023, terror attacks when Hamas murdered nearly 1,200 Israelis, injured thousands and kidnapped hundreds.

As of July 2026, Vishal Jugdeo was listed as an assistant professor in the Department of Art at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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Date: Mar. 10, 2024

Organizers: Adalah Justice Project, JVP LA, Film Workers 4 Palestine, WAWOG, Queers for Palestine, SoCal Uprising

Location: 6360 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

The term “genocide” was coined in 1942 and first used at the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals. Since Israel's founding in 1948, anti-Israel activists have accused Israel of "genocide" in an attempt to compare Jews to Nazis and delegitimize the creation of a Jewish state in the Land of Israel.

The event was in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. The outcome of the movement's goals would result in Israel's destruction. Within hours of the October 7, 2023, terror attacks, the BDS movement renewed its call for an anti-Israel boycott.

At the rally, activists attempted to portray Jews as foreign to the land by chanting [00:00:45]: "Settlers, settlers, go back home! Palestine is our home! Hey hey, ho ho, Zionism has got to go!"

Zionism is the belief that Jews have the right to self-determination in their own national home, and the right to develop their national culture. Zionism is a core part of the identity of most Jews.