Anti-Israel protesters disrupted Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi of Californiaās speech Thursday night at Britainās Oxford Union.
Two students who displayed Palestinian flags as the former Speaker of the House was delivering her speech were removed, according to The Telegraph. The students were not arrested, however, per the report.
Politico journalist Bethany Dawson posted images from the speech showing the protest.
āSecurity are doing ⦠nothing,ā she wrote in one post, later noting that protesters were allowed to remain throughout the speech.
āThe suffering of Gaza must stop,ā Pelosi said in her remarks. āWe want peace on both sides. Both sides must agree to it.ā
During the speech, she also said that Ā Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu āhas to go,ā according to Politico.
Outside the hall where Pelosi spoke, about 250 students protested chanting āIsrael is a terrorist stateā, āfrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be freeā, and āLondon to Gaza, long live the intifada,ā the Telegraph reported.
The outlet reported that the volume on Pelosiās mic was jacked up to compete with the chanting.
āWarmongers like Nancy Pelosi are not welcome on University campuses. When children are being murdered, and hospitals are being bombed, we will not sit down and be quiet whilst these people are given platforms. We must stand up and take action,ā the group Youth Demand, which took credit for the disruption, posted on X.
āWhilst Pelosi was inside, students of the University made their voices heard,ā the group posted.
The Oxford Union seemed unperturbed by the Protests.
Oxford Unionās āfounding principle is that of freedom of speech and the open exchange of ideas,ā it said in a statement, according to The Hill.
āIn this spirit, we support the right to peaceful protest. There was an incident inside the chamber which was dealt with by security,ā the statement said.
The Oxford Student reported that Pelosi slammed Republicans in Congress, saying Democrats wanted aid for Gaza and the student had Ā āno idea how hard it was to get Republicans to vote for that.ā
Speaking of Israelās response to the terrorist attack of Oct. 7, she said āif you could think of a worse way to respond, you couldnāt think of a worse way than what Netanyahu did,ā saying his response reached the āfifth level of all this ā famine.ā
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
