A masked University of California, Santa Barbara staffer allegedly helped turn a mob of anti-Israel protesters against a Jewish student leader, with the school accused of repeatedly ignoring her pleas for help, according to a new lawsuit filed Thursday.

Tessa Veksler, 23, a Manhattan resident who double majored in political science and communications, claimed she was subjected to a vicious, months-long antisemitic campaign against her after she condemned the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack that killed more than 1,200 people in Israel, according to the complaint filed in California federal court.

The hateful campaign reached a boiling point in February 2024 when Veksler, the student body president, confronted a crowd of masked anti-Israel protesters to try and reach an understand

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