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US Arrests 12 People who Disrupted Israeli Ambassador’s Speech

09/02/2010 Al-Manar – California Police reportedly made 12 arrests on Monday after a speech by Israel’s U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren descended into chaos.

Hecklers interrupted Oren’s lecture at Irvine University in Los Angeles over 10 times, shouting “killers” and “how many Palestinians did you kill?”

Oren took a 20 minute break after the fourth protest, only to be interrupted again by young men yelling at him every few minutes, local press reported.

The arrested students were apparently members of the university’s Muslim Student Union, which had publicly condemned Oren’s visit earlier in the day.

In a statement printed by the Orange County Register, a newspaper, the union said: “We condemn and oppose the presence of Michael Oren, the ambassador of Israel to the United States, on our campus today. We resent that the Law School and the Political Science Department on our campus have agreed to cosponsor a public figure who represents a state that continues to break international and humanitarian law and is condemned by more UN Human Rights Council resolutions than all other countries in the world combined?”

Oren eventually completed his speech, some time later than scheduled, but did not take questions from the audience as planned.

University Chancellor Michael Drake was booed by some and applauded by others when told the audience that he was embarrassed by the outburst.

February 9, 2010 - Posted by | Solidarity and Activism

2 Comments »

  1. THIS SHOULD REMAIN THE SITUATION UNTIL TRUE DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW ARE FULLY RESTORED AGAIN IN OUR WORLD.
    NATO SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
    NATO SHAMED ITSELF IN LIBYA .
    WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND A UN RESET.

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    GUZE SPITERI's avatar Comment by GUZE SPITERI | September 5, 2014 | Reply

  2. YOU ARE FAILING YOUR EXAMS?
    GOD BLESS THE US OF ISRAEL.
    SHAME ON YOU.

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    GUZE SPITERI's avatar Comment by GUZE SPITERI | September 8, 2014 | Reply


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