{"id":67078,"date":"2013-03-05T22:56:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T20:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=67078"},"modified":"2014-01-08T01:02:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-07T23:02:11","slug":"palestinian-students-force-british-envoy-out-of-west-bank-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2013\/03\/05\/palestinian-students-force-british-envoy-out-of-west-bank-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian students force British envoy out of West Bank university"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_67079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67079\" style=\"width: 448px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-67079 \" alt=\"Vincent Fean\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Vincent-Fean.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Vincent-Fean.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Vincent-Fean-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vincent Fean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>In protest against U.K.&#8217;s support for Israel&#8217;s policies, dozens of students at Birzeit University heckle British consul-general and attack his car, preventing him from speaking on campus.<\/h4>\n<p>Dozens of Palestinian students at a\u00a0West Bank\u00a0university heckled a British diplomat and attacked his car on Tuesday, preventing him from speaking on campus.<\/p>\n<p>British Consul-General Sir Vincent Fean was mobbed by students at Birzeit University who chanted and held banners protesting what they said was Britain&#8217;s support for the establishment of Israel and its policies.<\/p>\n<p>Campus security guards shielded Fean from several dozen protesters as the diplomat, maintaining a slight smile, made his way to his car before being driven off unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the students banged and kicked the vehicle, which had been covered in demonstrators&#8217; placards.<\/p>\n<p>Fean had been scheduled to meet students at the university, one of the West Bank&#8217;s most prominent schools, and discuss Britain&#8217;s Middle East policies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sir Vincent had hoped to underline Britain&#8217;s deep commitment to the creation of a Palestinian state, and the urgency of progress on the peace process in 2013,&#8221; said a spokesman for the British Consulate-General in East Jerusalem. &#8220;Sadly, such a dialogue was not possible on this occasion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Birzeit also voiced regret that Fean had not been able to speak.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In protest against U.K.&#8217;s support for Israel&#8217;s policies, dozens of students at Birzeit University heckle British consul-general and attack his car, preventing him from speaking on campus. Dozens of Palestinian students at a\u00a0West Bank\u00a0university heckled a British diplomat and attacked his car on Tuesday, preventing him from speaking on campus. 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