Diogenes
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Jonathan Sacerdoti, a Jewish journalist and Oxford alumnus, was heckled and abused during a speech opposing a student motion branding Israel an ‘apartheid state responsible for genocide’.
Anti-terror probe launched into Oxford Union Israel debate
Jonathan Sacerdoti, a Jewish journalist and Oxford alumnus, was heckled and abused during a speech opposing a student motion branding Israel an 'apartheid state responsible for genocide'.www.dailymail.co.uk
The fact that the Oxford Union chose to censor the video of my speech says it all.
They set up a situation so aggressive and threatening that my colleagues and I had to organise security for ourselves (the union paid a tiny contribution of this cost).
They tried to cancel our speakers before the event.
They tried to derail and stop our speeches with abuse and interruption. They tried to kick us out during the event.
They tried to evict @MosabHasanYOSEF even as he addressed the room.
And now they've tried to hide what happened, in the video of my speech, by muting the sound and sticking to a wide shot.
That's why I am pleased to publish this full video, with the sound restored, and closer footage of some of the abuse.
This was a low point for the Oxford Union, which left Jewish people there feeling afraid and threatened. It was a dangerous challenge to truth, fairness, open discussion and debate. It seemed to me to have been planned that way.
The President of the Union has not apologised, or in fact even communicated with me at all since this sorry display. He barely spoke to me before or during it. I can only assume he was satisfied with how he carried out the entire ambush.
