Pro-Palestinian protesters spoil a US speech by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in condemnation of his role in the Israeli massacre of Gazans.
The Saturday address at the University of Chicago saw the hecklers shouting 'war criminal' and 'murderer' at the Israeli politician who authorized last winter's Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, said The Electronic Intifada news website.
The Israeli aerial and artillery bombardments, as well as ground assault on Gaza killed more than 1,400 mostly Palestinian civilians and were staged in supposed response to retaliatory home-made missile attacks by Hamas reacting to Israel's near daily terror and bombing campaigns against Hamas leaders and supporters.
Attendees at the Olmert's speech bellowed "War crimes are not free expression," and "How many more children must die?"
Another protester waved around a document containing the names of the Palestinians killed during the attacks, the website added.
The protest follows the UN Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) endorsement of a report on the Gaza war, incriminating the Israeli army of deliberately killing Palestinian civilians and committing other war crimes.
Some 150 protesters had also gathered outside the venue as the speech was in process.
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