Confronting the war criminal Ehud Olmert at the University of Chicago (again, and again, and again)

Many, many thanks to the Electronic Intifada http://www.youtube.com/user/electronicIntifada http://electronicintifada.net for sneaking a camera into this event and providing the footage. On 15 October 2009, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert came to give the annual King Abdullah II Leadership Lecture at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy. Outraged that a man responsible for war crimes in Palestine and Lebanon that killed more than three thousand people during his term of office, community members confronted Olmert inside the lecture hall effectively preventing him from delivering his speech. The Goldstone report, examining Israel's attack on Gaza last winter, while Olmert was prime minister, called for Israeli leaders to be held accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Recording and photography were officially banned at Olmert's request, but The Electronic Intifada had a camera anyway as protestor after protestor rose to make a statement before police forced them to leave. It was nice to see the UNHRC endorse the Goldstone report. However, I suspect the American veto will ensure that Israel never has to pay for its war crimes in Gaza. End the blockade of Gaza. Free Palestine. Boycott Israel.