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Anti-Israel Protesters Disrupt Israeli Movie Screening at UC Irvine
(Orange County Register) Roxana Kopetman - Amid chants of "Long live the intifada," anti-Israel student protesters disrupted the viewing of a film about Israeli soldiers at UC Irvine on Wednesday, leading campus police to escort Jewish students away from the scene. About a dozen students from UCI's Students Supporting Israel met inside a classroom to view the Israeli film, "Beneath the Helmet." Outside, some 50 protesters gathered and began profanity-laced chants against Israel and UCI police, according to video from the scene. UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman said Thursday the incident "crossed the line of civility....We must shelter everyone's right to speak freely - without fear or intimidation - and allow events to proceed without disruption."