Thursday, November 20, 2008

Peres booed at Oxford



From Instablogs:
Israeli president Shimon Peres was at Ofxord yesterday to deliver a speech on world peace, ironically, as the head of state of Israel. The lecture was titled The Globalization of Peace that is part of a series of lectures Peace Lectures: Inaugurated by Shimon Peres.
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While Peres was giving his speech, student protests could be heard outside throughout the entire duration. At one point, several student stood up and stated “I represent all the Palestinians who...”. One of them was forced out of the venue.

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