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Oren: Ramat Shlomo Affair - A Problem but not a Crisis

Arutz Sheva, 19 hours 48 minutes ago / (IsraelNN.com) Israel's ambassador to the United States, Dr. Michael Oren, referred in an interview with Channel 2 to the conflict between Israel and the United States about the construction in Ramat Shlomo, saying, "Israel's announcement of the intention to build in East Jerusalem during the visit of Vice President Biden was an error, but not a crisis. These things happen even between best friends," said Oren. "The disagreement over the construction in Jerusalem has existed for many years between the United States and Israel, but the current U.S. administration decided to just put more emphasis on this issue," he said.

Ambassador Oren reprimanded

Ynetnews - Israel, 22 hours 17 minutes ago / The US State Department summoned Israel's Ambassador in Washington Michael Oren for a meeting Friday where he was reprimanded by a US official.

Oren Offers to Return to Irvine University

Baltimore Jewish Times - Baltimore MD, Mar 11, 2010 / Israel's U.S. ambassador has offered to return to the California university where students interrupted his speech last month.

Racism isn’t a thing of the past

Daily Sundial - California State Univ. Northridge - Northridge CA, Mar 11, 2010 / So read the Facebook invitation for UCSD's Feb. 15 "Compton Cookout."

Oren to Irvine: Let’s talk

Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), Mar 09, 2010 / Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren has penned an open letter to the students of the University of California, Irvine.

Michael Oren offers return to campus after heckling incident

Haaretz, Mar 09, 2010 / Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren has offered to return to the University of California, Irvine to exchange views with students who heckled him raucously on campus last month.

Amb. Oren Wants to Confront Attackers

Arutz Sheva, Mar 09, 2010 / (IsraelNN.com) Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, expressed in a letter sent to the University of California, the desire to confront the students who attacked him during a lecture delivered at the university.

Taher Herzallah: Heckling Israeli ambassador at UCI was right

Anaheim Bulletin - Anaheim CA, Mar 05, 2010 / Today, our American civil rights movement is praised worldwide for its humanism, righteousness, and courage.

Objection, Your Honor: European Courts Placate Islamists

Middle East Forum, Mar 05, 2010 / Even as Shari'a courts sprout up like mushrooms on UK soil, secular ones across Europe increasingly bend to an Islamist worldview.

Student rights on campus under fire

Pasadena City College Courier - Pasadena CA, Mar 05, 2010 / Freedom of speech is a right guaranteed to us by the First Amendment, which allows us to address issues and voice our concerns.

Hundreds demonstrate at UCI

Anaheim Bulletin - Anaheim CA, Mar 03, 2010 / Tension between pro-Palestine and pro-Israel students at UC Irvine flared up again on Tuesday, when hundreds of activists participated in spontaneous "dueling demonstrations" in front of the UCI administration building.

Free speech debate rages at UC Irvine

Athens Banner-Herald - Athens GA, Feb 28, 2010 / College campuses, especially at public universities, are places where all ideas should be expressed and debated.

FOX NEWS CHANNEL "FOX AND FRIENDS" INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL OREN, ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES SUBJECT: HECKLING AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES INTERVIEWERS: STEVE DOOCY AND GRETCHEN CARLSON • 7:45 A.M. EST

Federal News Service (FNS), Feb 26, 2010 / The Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren was heckled and interrupted not once or twice, but 11 times as he tried to deliver an important speech on U.S.-Israeli relations to the students at University of California at Irvine. Listen:

Growing fury at Dubai killing reaches Australia

Arab News, Feb 25, 2010 / Forged Australian passports were used by three of the 15 new suspects named, most of whom were Europeans.

How to Stifle Speech

VirtueOnline, Feb 25, 2010 / "In my country we have freedom of speech. I can stand in front of the White House and yell, 'Nixon is an idiot.' and nothing will happen to me. The Russian replies: "In my country, we have the same freedom. I can stand in front of the Kremlin and yell, 'Nixon is an idiot.' and nothing will happen to me either.

Ambassador Oren Wants Compromise for Women at Western Wall

Arutz Sheva, Feb 25, 2010 / (IsraelNN.com) Michael Oren, Israeli envoy to the US, usually engaged in diplomacy, is using his position for a change in the status quo for women at the Kotel.

Delegates to Policy Plenum Debate ‘Civility’ in all Arenas

Baltimore Jewish Times - Baltimore MD, Feb 25, 2010 / The notion of civil discourse pervaded this year's Jewish Council for Public Affairs plenum in Dallas, spilling over from its stated goal of alleviating partisan vituperation in the American public square into discussions of how Jews treat one another in the organizational world and how they treat other minorities.

SPME Statement of Concern for Institutional Civility and the Preservation of Free Speech on University Campuses

PR Newswire, Feb 25, 2010 / By SPME Board of Directors, Approved February 11, 2010 CLEVELAND , Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- There has been a recent upsurge of public attacks upon, and disruptions of, Israeli diplomats and scholars, as they seek to present their views in the "marketplace of ideas" and at institutions traditionally committed to the preservation of free speech.

Clinton sounds upbeat on Israeli-Palestinian talks

AlertNet, Feb 24, 2010 / Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she hoped Israeli-Palestinian peace talks would resume "shortly," sounding more upbeat than usual for a U.S. official.

Ayloush and Lafferty: Rude, unpopular speech worth defending

Anaheim Bulletin - Anaheim CA, Feb 24, 2010 / Eleven students heckled Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren at different intervals at a UC Irvine event recently and set off a debate on what constitutes free speech and when it should be protected.

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  • " Israel's announcement of the intention to build in East Jerusalem during the visit of Vice President Biden was an error, but not a crisis. These things happen even between best friends "

    Arutz Sheva, 19 hours 48 minutes ago
  • " The tragic fallout from this lecture is that those impassioned individuals most needing exposure to the Israeli perspective—and also needing to address their concerns in an appropriate manner—chose not to listen but rather to disrupt the event. Their methods, though championed by some, undermine the democratic principles on which the university system rests. "

    Baltimore Jewish Times - Baltimore MD, Mar 11, 2010
  • " I came to UCI for the opportunity to exchange ideas—a reasonable intention that was hijacked by a minority of students. The disruptive measures exhibited by these students only underscore the importance for dialogue, especially on the frontline of higher learning. "

    Baltimore Jewish Times - Baltimore MD, Mar 11, 2010
  • " The tragic fallout from this lecture is that those impassioned individuals most needing exposure to the Israeli perspective -- and also needing to address their concerns in an appropriate manner -- chose not to listen but rather to disrupt the event. Their methods, though championed by some, undermine the democratic principles on which the university system rests. "

    Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), Mar 09, 2010
  • " I came to UCI for the opportunity to exchange ideas -- a reasonable intention that was hijacked by a minority of students. The disruptive measures exhibited by these students only underscore the importance for dialogue, especially on the frontline of higher learning. "

    Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), Mar 09, 2010
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IRVINE, Calif. -Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren has offered to return to the University of California, Irvine to exchange views with students who heckled him raucously

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