Radical Palestinian activists disrupted Peter Thiel’s meeting on Wednesday, then “locked” the American tech entrepreneur inside Cambridge Union and facilitated “genocide” by making deals with the Israeli military He was accused of doing so.
Thiel, co-founder of Palantir Technologies, which supplies technology to PayPal and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), was suspended from a debate and press conference after three pro-Palestinian activists stood up and made derogatory comments against him. He saw his own speech in a free society being disrupted. He is complicit in the genocide in Gaza. While the disruptors were cleared from the halls of the Cambridge Union, the event became more chaotic as activists blocked the entrance to the building and prevented Mr Thiel from leaving.
“Peter Thiel was trapped inside the Cambridge Union. The protesters wouldn’t let him leave.” sunday mail Journalist Sabrina Miller reported on social media, sharing footage of protesters waving Palestinian flags gathered outside the entrance.
The German-born American tech billionaire’s car was also blocked from leaving Cambridge Union for more than an hour by protesters, according to Cambridge University’s student newspaper Varsity. report.
CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGE – MAY 8: Protesters inside the Cambridge Union as Peter Thiel speaks at the Cambridge Union on May 8, 2024 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)
in statementYouth Demand, a left-wing group that claimed responsibility for the attack, said, “History will not be kind to those who aided and abetted the crimes of the Israeli state.” Palantir is proud to support the Israeli bombing of hospitals where the bodies of hundreds of Palestinian patients were found in mass graves with their hands bound and medical tubes connected. ”
“Rather than supporting those who profit from genocide, universities should sever ties with Israel’s killing machine and demand an immediate two-way arms embargo from the UK government.”
Thiel, who was a prominent financial supporter of Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election, reportedly taunted the left-wing agitators as he ultimately left the building, taunting them while filming himself with his cell phone. It is being according to to telegraph paper.
Peter Thiel is trapped in the Cambridge Union. The protesters wouldn’t let him leave. pic.twitter.com/ouBlIQhs1Q
— Sabrina Miller (@SabriSun_Miller) May 8, 2024
Paul Seagrove, communications manager at Cambridge Union Society, defended the students’ actions, saying: Said Business Insider on Thursday said: “Since its founding in 1815, the Cambridge Union Society’s most important principles have been free speech and the open exchange of ideas.
“In this spirit, we support the right to peacefully protest and the right of our speakers and members to express their views. Last night’s events exemplified this society’s longstanding tradition. ”
The incident follows activists from Columbia University and Harvard University in the US, French activists from the Sorbonne University and the Polytechnic Institute, and students from Cambridge and Oxford Universities taking to the grounds of Britain’s prestigious universities to protest against Israel. It happened while I was setting up a tent camp.
Student group leads protest in Cambridge accused A university that supports “Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.”
Students tell Cambridge to reveal financial and professional ties to “collusive” organizations, strip funds from those who support Israel and “reinvest” them in “Palestinian students, academics and academics” he demanded. They also demanded that Cambridge University commit to becoming a “sanctuary” for “students at risk”.
CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGE – MAY 8: Protesters inside the Cambridge Union as Peter Thiel speaks at the Cambridge Union on May 8, 2024 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, Jewish chronicles british newspaper revealed Delegates at the National Union of Students (NUS) conference in Blackpool voted to expel the country’s largest Jewish student union, the Union of Jewish Students (UJS), over its support for Israel.
The move comes as students claim the Jewish state is built on “racist ideology” and “ethnic cleansing” after a swastika was discovered in a bathroom stall at the conference, the paper said. It is said that he was killed. The students also called for an end to “colonial projects” and “the dissolution of the State of Israel.”
The vote was non-binding, and NUS ultimately issued an apology, explaining that the Jewish Union of Students’ expulsion vote was “outside our guidelines and rules.”
But former universities minister and Conservative MP Robert Halfon said: “They say the NUS has changed, but it has always been the same. The question is whether the NUS is systematically anti-Semitic. It is up to them to prove otherwise. would be a unique example.”
Pro-Palestinian activists occupy Trinity College in Dublin, demanding the university’s ‘withdrawal’ from Israelhttps://t.co/YAMbTr3zbM
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) May 4, 2024
