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My Talk at the University of California-Irvine

My talk last night at the University of California-Irvine, on the topic of "The Threat to Israel's Existence," was disrupted about 15 minutes into my lecture. Two videos document portions of my remarks, plus the Palestinian/Islamist/Leftist goons in action:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5158780407631950723&hl=en (posted by Reut Cohen) offers 5:42 minutes of me, then the disruption, and follows the disrupters outside as they chant "anti-Israel" in conjunction with other slogans, such as "anti-oppression," "anti-racism," and "anti-hate." In response, those who remained in the auditorium chanted "Am Yisrael Chai"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4939925831604188462&hl=en (anonymous) starts with the disruption, then jumps several minutes my replies to questions. For the wonderful standing ovation that followed on my conclusion, go to the 32:48 minute mark.

For reactions to the evening, see those at LittleGreenFootballs.com.

Comments: (1) I had been forewarned that such a staged exit was in the works, so I frontloaded my comments, to insure that the Palestinian/Islamist/Leftist contingent got a full dose of my thinking. (2) This is the first campus disruption I have experienced in nearly two years, since the Rochester Institute of Technology in April 2005. I wonder if it's UCI or the moment that accounts for this particular agitation; I tend to think the former factor counts most. (February 1, 2006)

Cross-posted at http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/725

Posted on Thursday, February 1, 2007 at 12:00 AM | Comments (0) | Return

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