[[{"content_id":"361994","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"114","user_id":"44","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"44","content_title":"Watch: Israel\u2019s UK ambassador embarrassingly flee student event amid pro-Palestinian protests","content_number":"","content_date_event":"2021-11-10 11:51:02","content_summary":"Video shows guards whisking Tzipi Hotovely into vehicle as others try keep away crowd of pro-Palestinians demonstrating against her record of racist behavior at London School of Economics.","content_summary_fill":"1","content_body":"Israeli Ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely was evacuated under heavy security from an event at the London School of Economics on Tuesday evening amid a large protest by pro-Palesestinain activists against her presence.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nVideo from the scene showed security guards rushing Hotovely, who was clutching a bouquet of flowers, into a vehicle, while others tried to fend off a group of jeering activists, who chanted, “Aren’t you ashamed?”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHotovely had been invited by the university’s student union to take part in a debate forum.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe move drew widespread opposition from pro-Palestinian and other groups on campus for “platforming racism.” The protesters prevented Hotovely from taking part.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe protests specifically targeted Hotovely, saying that she had “advocated for settler colonialism, engaged in Islamophobic rhetoric and has perpetuated anti-Palestinian racism.”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nShe is a member of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and was appointed by him to the post after serving as settlements minister. The move drew a petition by left-wing British Jews who called on their government to reject her as ambassador.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“Hotovely has an appalling record of racist and inflammatory behavior from throughout her political career,” last year’s petition read. “As British Jews we are clear: Tzipi Hotovely’s values and politics have no place in the UK. It is crucial that the UK government sends a message that her views are unacceptable, and rejects her nomination as ambassador.”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nYour browser doesn't support video.\r\nPlease download the file:\r\n\r\n\r\n ","content_html":"

Israeli Ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely was evacuated under heavy security from an event at the London School of Economics on Tuesday evening amid a large protest by pro-Palesestinain activists against her presence.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Video from the scene showed security guards rushing Hotovely, who was clutching a bouquet of flowers, into a vehicle, while others tried to fend off a group of jeering activists, who chanted, “Aren’t you ashamed?”<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Hotovely had been invited by the university’s student union to take part in a debate forum.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The move drew widespread opposition from pro-Palestinian and other groups on campus for “platforming racism.” The protesters prevented Hotovely from taking part.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The protests specifically targeted Hotovely, saying that she had “advocated for settler colonialism, engaged in Islamophobic rhetoric and has perpetuated anti-Palestinian racism.”<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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She is a member of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and was appointed by him to the post after serving as settlements minister. The move drew a petition by left-wing British Jews who called on their government to reject her as ambassador.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“Hotovely has an appalling record of racist and inflammatory behavior from throughout her political career,” last year’s petition read. “As British Jews we are clear: Tzipi Hotovely’s values and politics have no place in the UK. It is crucial that the UK government sends a message that her views are unacceptable, and rejects her nomination as ambassador.”<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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