Het zoveelste voorbeeld van hoe de anti-Israellobby mensen met een andere mening de mond snoert en lastig valt. Het komt zeer geregeld voor dat lezingen van mensen die het voor Israel opnemen worden afgezegd onder druk van pro-Palestijnse (vaak moslim) organisaties, om dit soort problemen te voorkomen. Het ideaal van een vrije uitwisseling van ideeën, waardoor studenten zich vrij een mening kunnen vormen, komt steeds verder onder druk te staan.
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Oren heckled at US college
BY JPOST.COM STAFF / 09/02/2010 08:50
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=168199
BY JPOST.COM STAFF / 09/02/2010 08:50
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=168199
Protester: "Propagating murder is not an expression of free speech!"
Eleven people were arrested as Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren was repeatedly interrupted while trying to deliver an address Monday night at the University of California, Irvine.
Oren was speaking about US-Israeli relations and was interrupted nearly a dozen times.
A young man began with the first outburst, yelling, "Michael Oren! Propagating murder is not an expression of free speech!" The man's yelling was followed by both heavy applause and objections.
The outburst closely resembled part of a statement released by the university's Muslim Student Union (MSU) prior to and against Oren's appearance, which said, "As people of conscience, we oppose Michael Oren's invitation to our campus. Propagating murder is not a responsible expression of free speech."
It was not clear whether those disturbing the speech were members of the MSU.
After the fourth protester began heckling him, Oren left the podium, surrounded by security. He returned but was repeatedly harassed by students.
Oren took the stage again to complete his address and eventually a large number of those in the audience stood and exited, disrupting him for a final time. They then held demonstrations outside the arena, chanting, "Michael Oren you will see, Palestine will be free."
The MSU said in its statement, "We strongly condemn the university for cosponsoring, and therefore, inadvertently supporting the ambassador of a state that is condemned by more UN Human Rights Council resolutions than all other countries in the world combined."
The statement said Israel "massacred" 1,400 people, including 700 women and children.
The MSU further said that "Oren took part in a culture that has no qualms with terrorizing the innocent, killing civilians, demolishing their homes, and illegally occupying their land. Oren is an outspoken supporter of the recent war on Gaza and stands in the way of international law by refusing to cooperate with the United Nation's Goldstone Report - a fact-finding mission endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council."
Director of the University's Political Science department, Professor Mark P. Petracca, chastised the protesters, telling them, "This is beyond embarrassing...this is no way for our undergraduate students to behave. We have an opportunity to hear from a policy maker relevant to one of the most important issues facing this planet and you are preventing not only yourself from hearing him but hundreds of other people in this room and hundreds of other people in an overflow room. Shame on you! This is not an example of free speech."
AP contributed to this report
Eleven people were arrested as Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren was repeatedly interrupted while trying to deliver an address Monday night at the University of California, Irvine.
Oren was speaking about US-Israeli relations and was interrupted nearly a dozen times.
A young man began with the first outburst, yelling, "Michael Oren! Propagating murder is not an expression of free speech!" The man's yelling was followed by both heavy applause and objections.
The outburst closely resembled part of a statement released by the university's Muslim Student Union (MSU) prior to and against Oren's appearance, which said, "As people of conscience, we oppose Michael Oren's invitation to our campus. Propagating murder is not a responsible expression of free speech."
It was not clear whether those disturbing the speech were members of the MSU.
After the fourth protester began heckling him, Oren left the podium, surrounded by security. He returned but was repeatedly harassed by students.
Oren took the stage again to complete his address and eventually a large number of those in the audience stood and exited, disrupting him for a final time. They then held demonstrations outside the arena, chanting, "Michael Oren you will see, Palestine will be free."
The MSU said in its statement, "We strongly condemn the university for cosponsoring, and therefore, inadvertently supporting the ambassador of a state that is condemned by more UN Human Rights Council resolutions than all other countries in the world combined."
The statement said Israel "massacred" 1,400 people, including 700 women and children.
The MSU further said that "Oren took part in a culture that has no qualms with terrorizing the innocent, killing civilians, demolishing their homes, and illegally occupying their land. Oren is an outspoken supporter of the recent war on Gaza and stands in the way of international law by refusing to cooperate with the United Nation's Goldstone Report - a fact-finding mission endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council."
Director of the University's Political Science department, Professor Mark P. Petracca, chastised the protesters, telling them, "This is beyond embarrassing...this is no way for our undergraduate students to behave. We have an opportunity to hear from a policy maker relevant to one of the most important issues facing this planet and you are preventing not only yourself from hearing him but hundreds of other people in this room and hundreds of other people in an overflow room. Shame on you! This is not an example of free speech."
AP contributed to this report
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