The Israeli Foreign Ministry is considering stopping speaking events around the world in the face of protests that seem to follow them where ever they go. From a recent article in Maariv, "Foreign Ministry officials are considering stopping the lectures by senior figures around the world, particularly in Britain. The reason: The outspoken verbal attacks by students and pro-Palestinian activists, which render them ineffective." The article continues:
Ma’ariv has learned that Israeli diplomats stationed in the US have significantly reduced the number of public lectures that they give to students, as a result of the frequent heckling. The last [lecture] was given by Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren in February at the University of California.
“It seems that giving lectures in public halls at universities in Britain is becoming ineffective in terms of PR. The pro-Palestinian students cause major disruptions and prevent any dialogue. In the worst case, the lecture is simply stopped,” a Foreign Ministry source said, “in the end, the heckling and the incitement get the newspaper headlines, and not the message that the lecturer wanted to convey.”
The article specifically mentions a speech last week at the University of Manchester, here's a video of the protest:
Let’s Globalize the Intifada
oh yeah
Sounds like the Hasbarites are getting a taste of their own medicine, and they don’t like it.
“The pro-Palestinian students cause major disruptions and prevent any dialogue.”
No, they stop propaganda by the powerful and enfranchised without any equal time.
bob, yeah. It’s interesting that the Jewish most influential orginazations rely on anti-semitism as the glue to hold them together, yet they balk at the Palestinians using the same ethnic intolerance rational for holding together Palestininan solidarity.
So all those interruptions that were criticized by naysayers are having an effect nevertheless, eh?
This is great news. Chalk one up for justice.
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. ” (Abe Lincoln)
Keep doing it. You look like spoiled children. It makes Israel the victim. The uncommited in the audience are always sympathetic to those being heckled.
Well, Julian, you did get the analogy right: spoiled children. I will leave it up to the readers here to determine who are the spoiled children, in essence, the Wittys of the world, or Phil. We all at least know its not the Palestinians.
So, BDS still ain’t working, Julian?
IMHO, this is different to the Boston Science Museum protest. The speaker in Manchester was an Israeli diplomat speaking about political issues.
Effective protesting, indeed.
Elliot,
Thank you for emphasizing that. I should have been more specific and clear in my post above as to the distinction.
” The speaker in Manchester was an Israeli diplomat speaking about political issues.”
Since when is the occupation and expansionisism of Israel not acpolitical issue?
Thanks for the encouragement Julian to keep doing it.
Only in your rich fantasy life does Israel look like the victim here, when the context is highly polished propaganda (offered by Israel’s version of Orwell’s “Ministry of Truth”) up against the unvarnished facts-on-the-ground highlighted by the justice-minded and conscientious students of Manchester.
Just google ‘protests against israel’ and you get over seven million hits to choose from!
That old hasbara PR machine sure is broken. “A light onto all nations”? I think NOT!
p.s. that ambassador lady, that pathalogical liar, seemed to have no morals, no elegence or class – who did she have to frig to get the ambassadoriaship?
VR says,
“The pro-Palestinian students cause major disruptions and prevent any dialogue.”
No, they stop propaganda by the powerful and enfranchised without any equal time.
VR, its just another Arab bullying tactic.
This video was kind and benign, not of students disrupting, taking the stage. The questions were biased, not oriented to learn but to state (not questions).
I hope Israel gets the message that it needs to walk the walk, actually transition out from occupier, not just rationalize why they can’t.
The tone would change.
Biased
Whats biased Witty? When was the last time Israeli hasbarist debated with Palestinians on this issue?
Witty, so now you are asking Israel to try to hide its crimes against humanity? Witty you are so fucking coward.