Protesters interrupt Barak speech, calling him 'child killer'

[ 05/01/2011 - 05:36 PM ]

NAZARETH, (PIC)-- Palestinian youth interrupted a Tel Aviv University speech by Ehud Barak, calling the Israeli war minister a Gaza child killer.

Barak was giving a speech covering Iran and the Mideast political situation before senior military and academic officials from Israel and abroad when he was repeatedly interrupted by demonstrators against Israeli policies targeting Palestinians.

The demonstrators raised images of Palestinians who were killed and injured in the late 2008 early 2009 Gaza war, and shouted at Barak: "You are a killer of children in Gaza and a liar. You are only trying to instill fear in the people."

Thrown into a state of confusion, Barak signaled to security to have the protesters removed from the hall.

After calm returned to the scene, Barak said he did not see a need to respond to the protesters' accusations, saying their behavior was "childish".

"I'm the last person who feels compelled to apologize to anyone," he said.

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