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California Students Charged for Disrupting Israeli Ambassador’s Speech

HeadlineFeb 08, 2011

Eleven students at the University of California, Irvine, have been charged with conspiracy after they disrupted a speech on campus last year by Israeli ambassador Michael Oren. If convicted, they could be fined and get probation or six months in jail. Many of the students were members of the Muslim Student Union.

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