Video: Anti-Israel Students disrupt Jerusalem Mayor on US campus
Nir Barkat’s talk at a US university was interrupted by dozens of pro-Palestinian protestors
Anti-Israel protestors disrupted a talk being held with the Mayor of Jerusalem in California on Wednesday.
Nir Barkat’s talk at San Francisco University was interrupted by dozens of pro-Palestinian protestors waving flags and chanting.
The Mayor continued his talk and answered questions throughout.
Quoted in the Times of Israel, Mr Barkat said in a statement: ‘I have protested about the shameful conduct to the president of the university and the mayor of San Francisco and told them that they must not allow dangerous incitement like this’.
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