Protesters heckled former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during a speech in San Francisco Thursday, denouncing him as a war criminal and demanding his arrest.
As soon as Olmert took the stage at the Westin St. Francis Hotel — and following a warning by the discussion’s moderator that no disturbances would be tolerated — a woman and man rose from their seats and shouted: “war criminal,””mass murderer.”
Minutes after they were pushed out by police, another person stood up and yelled, “Aren’t you ashamed of yourself?”
All in all, more than 20 people interrupted Olmert’s 90-minute appearance, during which he answered questions on Middle East peace, Iran, the Lebanon War in 2006 and last winter’s Gaza offensive, which was the point of attack for the protesters.
