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Israeli president met by noise demo

sandybeach | 19.11.2008 01:03 | Anti-militarism | Palestine | Oxford

The planned lecture by Shimon Peres in Oxford tonight was delayed by noisy protests outside.

When I arrived at the Sheldonian Lecture Theatre in central Oxford there were 100-300 (I'm not great at estimating crowds precisely so I prefer to give a margin of error!) people outside chanting ('Occupation is a crime/Free, free palestine') and showing a diverse range of placards, banners etc.

The noise levels were maintained for the entire event, and I would guess were probably audible inside. The lecture was due to start at 7:45pm but it wasn't until around 8:10pm that the presidential motorcade was whizzed through in a flash of police motorbikes. Sadly not many people in the crowd seemed to be up for physically disrupting things, and as far as I could see there wasn't really any attempt to blockade.

Sometime between 9pm and 9:30 the same thing was repeated in reverse as they whisked the guy away.

I believe there were some actions inside, because I saw one guy who had been inside being searched and warned not to return. However, I don't know for sure what happened.

Meanwhile the everyday repression in occupied Palestine continues; one banner mentioned the fishermen and internationals currently being held by the Israelis merely for having the audacity to fish in Gazan waters:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/11/413128.html

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Pro Palestinian supportters are fascists!

19.11.2008 16:03

Those pro Palestinian supportters are fascists. The Jewish people have a right to defend themselves in their own country of Israel. Israel was founded by the Jews 3,000 years ago. Jews will never give up Israel or be forced to give in to Palestinian terrorists.
 http://www.betar.co.uk

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