Hen Mazzig on the UCL protest: "They were shouting 'intifada' - we were petrified"

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Regressive alt-Left Palestinian advocacy.

They're telling me to hide behind a wall in the lobby of a campus building - until they can safely bring me in. The baroque clocks of University College London (UCL) have just struck seven, and a CST security guard is frantically informing me that students are moving into another room - the third one this evening - since an angry mob have discovered the safe space where we're hiding.

Suddenly I'm rushed into the classroom where a dozen students are standing in utter shock, petrified over scenes that no student should see. The student organiser, Liora, is telling me to stay in the room. If the mob sees me, we will be penned in on all sides.

Suddenly, the campus security are shouting: "Everyone, get inside." They run in panic and struggle to hold the doors closed. The mob has arrived: I hear the drums and the chants. Soon enough, they encircle the room. They bang on windows; they smash against walls. They keep calling my name: "Hen, war criminal!"

Although it sounds like a scene from a Kafka story, this was just a simple speaking event arranged by Jewish students with CAMERA - a group committed to combatting libels about the Jewish state at university campuses across the world.

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http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/165604/hen-mazzig-ucl-protest-they-were-shouting-intifada-we-were-petrified