ISLAMABAD – United States Ambassador to the UNlink>link>Nikki Haleylink> became the subject oftaunts by students while giving a session at the University of Houston.
Speaking at the session, Haley was in between her speech before one of thestudents, sitting in the audiences stood up and shouted, “Nikki Haley, theblood is on your hands.”
The response came after Haley said that she had come to session after abusy few weeks in American foreign policy.
At that moment a protester stood up and shouted, “Nikki Haley, the blood ison your hands! You continue to sign off on the genocide of a native people!You are an accomplice to terrorists and colonisers!”
The comments by the protester was followed by others, standing up chanting,across the auditorium, holding up Palestinian flags, “Nikki Nikki can’t yousee? You are on a killing spree!” and “Nikki Haley you can’t hide, yousigned off on genocide!”
The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the university laterreleased a statement slamming Haley and her work.
The statement released by SJP reads,”Nikki Haley embodies the racisminherent in the US’ anti-Palestinian position. Her decisions, actions anddehumanisation of Palestinian lives show her complicity in the genocide ofa native people fighting for liberation. In invitinglink>link>Nikki Haleylink> to its campus, theUniversity of Houston demonstrates how little it cares about the safety andconcerns of its students, including the large community of Palestiniansthat attend and contribute to UH’s diversity.”
Campus security responded immediately and attempted to escort theprotesters out of the auditorium. – APP/AFP