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Saturday, January 20, 2024
Pro-Palestinian students heckle Palestinian envoy at London university
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
A group of pro-Palestinian students at SOAS University of London are filmed verbally harassing the Palestinian ambassador to the UK who was invited to speak at an event on campus.
“You have blood on your hands! You’re a PA collaborator… Shame on you!” a student from the Palestine Society at SOAS University in London is heard yelling at Palestinian ambassador Husam Zomlot.
The Palestine Society also posted a statement condemning Zomlot’s invitation due to the Palestinian Authority’s “collaborating with the Zionist entity” on the Oslo Accords.
Zomlot is an ambassador representing the Palestine Liberation Organization, which is largely controlled by the PA.
The incident highlights the relative extremism of many pro-Palestinian students on campuses abroad compared to the political representatives on the ground.
Members of the Palestine Society at London’s SOAS university confronted Palestinian ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot at the university. The students say the senior diplomat represents the Palestinian Authority (PA) which is “complicit in Zionist aggression in Palestine.” pic.twitter.com/yY7l7182He
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) January 19, 2024
