(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Marcus Dysch - Israel's deputy ambassador to Britain Alon Roth-Snir was forced to flee from Essex University in Colchester on Wednesday when 40 students disrupted his presentation. After the deputy ambassador was forced to flee, Nathan Bolton, president of the student union, tweeted that it had been "a great day - free Palestine!" An Israeli embassy spokesman said: "These students make a mockery of the very foundations of freedom of speech, a pillar of the academic world."
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