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Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
Tue Mar 5, 2013, 04:31 PM Mar 2013

Palestinian students force British envoy out of West Bank university

In protest against U.K.'s support for Israel's policies, dozens of students at Birzeit University heckle British consul-general and attack his car, preventing him from speaking on campus.

By Reuters | Mar.05, 2013 | 5:44 PM

Dozens of Palestinian students at a West Bank university heckled a British diplomat and attacked his car on Tuesday, preventing him from speaking on campus.

British Consul-General Sir Vincent Fean was mobbed by students at Birzeit University who chanted and held banners protesting what they said was Britain's support for the establishment of Israel and its policies.

Campus security guards shielded Fean from several dozen protesters as the diplomat, maintaining a slight smile, made his way to his car before being driven off unharmed.

Some of the students banged and kicked the vehicle, which had been covered in demonstrators' placards.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/palestinian-students-force-british-envoy-out-of-west-bank-university-1.507469

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Palestinian students force British envoy out of West Bank university (Original Post) Jefferson23 Mar 2013 OP
Under the circumstances, I think that they are justified. PDJane Mar 2013 #1
Disgusted beyond words is what I imagine, to say the least..so yes I understand where Jefferson23 Mar 2013 #3
Well done. nt bemildred Mar 2013 #2

Jefferson23

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3. Disgusted beyond words is what I imagine, to say the least..so yes I understand where
Tue Mar 5, 2013, 04:35 PM
Mar 2013

they're coming from.

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