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College peace protest turns violent
Anti-war demonstrators allegedly attack
Jewish students
Posted: March 7, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
A college protest against a U.S.-led war in Iraq
turned violent when students with an
American flag were attacked and two Jewish
students were harassed by anti-war
demonstrators, reports the National Post.
According to the report, Miriam Levin, who is
Jewish, was intimidated and roughed up by
protesters when she tried to drive onto the
campus of York University in Toronto. The
protesters were picketing entrances to the
campus and blocking traffic on Wednesday
morning.
"I told the guy, 'Making me 20 minutes late for
class isn't helping the people in Iraq,' and then
he started calling me a terrorist and an
occupier," Levin told the Post.
She said she could not understand why the
man was shouting anti-Semitic remarks at her
until her friend, Hannah Wortsman, saw that
she was wearing earrings with a Star of David
design.
According to Cim Nunn, spokesman for the
university, protesters had agreed not to block
traffic. York has as many as 35,000 cars passing
through its property every day, he said.
Three protesters were arrested but released
without being charged. A group of protesters
then attempted to occupy the university
president's office, according to the report.
Levin said she and Wortsman also were
heading to the president's office to file a
complaint when protesters again confronted
her. Wortsman said student demonstrators
surrounded them. "The floor was completely
full of protesters, who weren't letting us go
anywhere," she said.
Levin pulled out her camera to take photos of
the scene and the group tried to take it away
from her, she said, adding a security guard did
nothing when she and Wortsman called for
help.
"I asked why he didn't do anything and he
said, 'Well you shouldn't have been there,'"
Levin said.
It was only after she called 911 that she and her
friend were able to escape.
She said she would be pressing charges against
one woman who allegedly assaulted her.
Later, the protesters entered classes for a few
minutes to talk to students, said Joel Duff of
the Canadian Federation of Students told the
paper.
It was when the line passed a booth set up by
the Young Zionist Partnership and the
Canadian Alliance that a confrontation
occurred. Students who ran the booth claim
protesters shouted insults before charging
them.
"Hundreds of people basically swarmed three
people," said Paul Cooper, president of the
Zionist group. He said only a few people were
confrontational, but everyone else "watched
and did nothing to stop it."
Duff said his group did not instigate the
incident, saying it began with name-calling
from the booth. "We attempted to keep
moving. Our message was we shouldn't be
distracted, but the goal of those people who set
up the booth was to disrupt and distract us
today."
Another Jewish student claims protesters
singled him out because of his faith.
Said Yaakou Rath, campus president of the
Canadian Alliance: "They chose to attack me,
and I'm identifiably Jewish, but they didn't
attack Paul [Cooper], who's not, and that's
scary."
He said the group also stole the booth's U.S.
flag and tried to set it on fire.
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