Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Jewish Peace Group Supports Moslem Students at UC Irvine

A national Jewish peace group says its members should face the same criminal charges as Muslims who disrupted a speech by the Israeli ambassador at a Southern California university last year. The Orange County District Attorney’s office charged 11 Muslim student protesters with conspiracy to disrupt the diplomat’s speech on the UC Irvine campus. The Jewish Voice for Peace says it will deliver 5,000 petitions to the prosecutor admitting that its members also committed the alleged crime. The peace group is asking the DA to drop the charges of conspiracy to disrupt an event. It's also condemning the prosecution of the Muslim students. Pacifica’s Ernesto Arce files this report from Los Angeles.