A federal judge has allowed pro-Palestinian students to present their perspectives on a lawsuit filed against the University of California-Berkeley for alleged anti-Semitism.

TO A Jewish advocacy group is suing UC Berkeley over what it calls the “longstanding and rampant spread of anti-Semitism” on campus.

The lawsuit was filed late last year by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, a nonprofit organization that supports the civil rights of Jewish people.

They argue that UC Berkeley failed to protect students and faculty from anti-Semitic discrimination and harassment because the school did not clear a pro-Palestinian encampment or stop protests.

The lawsuit also focuses on the action of a student group, Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine. The group was one of nearly two dozen that adopted bylaws prohibiting supporters of Zionism from speaking at their events.

The lawsuit states: “Anti-Zionism is different from criticism of Israel or opposition to the policies of the Israeli government. Anti-Zionism rejects Israel’s very right to exist and denies Jews the fundamental right to self-determination.”

The new ruling by U.S. District Court Judge James Donato allows six “intervening” students to present additional defenses that the university cannot raise. That is according to The Californian newspapernorth.

A lawyer representing pro-Palestinian student groups maintains that the lawsuit is an attempt to make any criticism of Israel illegal, under the false claim that it is “anti-Semitic.”

In June, the university filed a motion with the United States District Court, Northern District of California, to dismiss the case, and a decision is pending.