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Jiayin Guo, a graduate student in mathematics and Dana Saifan, the president of Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA and a fourth-year psychology student speak behind the mock “apartheid wall” put up in Bruin Plaza which represents the controversial separation barrier that borders the West Bank.

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Maia Ferdman: Public debates distract from progress on Israeli-Palestinian issue - Daily Bruin

Maia Ferdman: Public debates distract from progress on Israeli-Palestinian issue

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Israeli and Palestinian advocates on campus are not camera shy. Much of the conversation about the conflict at UCLA manifests in a very public manner. Each year, the Daily Bruin receives numerous submissions from active students, each followed by a flurry of online comments.

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Maia Ferdman: Public debates distract from progress on Israeli-Palestinian issue

By Maia Ferdman

Nov. 8, 2013 12:00 a.m.