Friday, November 21, 2008

"Shimon Peres, you're a war criminal!" say Oxford students


Abigail Humphries, The Electronic Intifada, 21 November 2008

".....Silent women in black, shouting students, small babies in prams, university lecturers and a local elected official were just some of the crowd gathered to voice their protest against an Oxford college's decision to honor Peres on Tuesday, 18 November as he gave the inaugural lecture in a series to be named after him. Some handed out leaflets and many were carrying signs, one of which read "Globalization of Apartheid," a pun on the title of the lecture, "Globalization of Peace."......"

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