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Last update - 08:50 21/02/2008 Haifa U. to punish students for memorial of October 2000 riots By Tamara Traubmann Tags: October 2000 riots, Haifa  Haifa University students will be brought before a disciplinary tribunal for holding a memorial service Wednesday for the 13 Arab civilians who had been killed in the October 2000 events. The students were also protesting the attorney general's decisions to close the investigation against the policemen who had allegedly shot the 13. "This is another step in the university's ongoing campaign against freedom of expression and public activity on campus," said student Uri Waltman, one of the leaders of the university's Hadash activists. Advertisement The university said in a statement that the students will be tried because they had demonstrated without a permit. This is not the first time that Haifa University pressed disciplinary charges against left-wing activists for political activity labeled "illegal." Some six months ago, students staged a mute show, in which they were gagged with sticky paper in protest of then student's union spokesman Saar Ziv's statements against Arabs. The university brought them before a disciplinary tribunal. At Wednesday's rally, Jewish and Arab students observed a minute of silence, lit candles and sang in memory of those who had been shot dead in October 2000. The university stated that they had "demonstrated against procedures," and did not ask for a permit to hold the protest. "Any request for political activity that is presented according to the rules will be examined and approved if it does not infringe on state laws," university rector Professor Yossi Ben Artzi said. During the day, the students held another protest against Attorney General Menachem Mazuz's decision to close the investigation against the police who shot the Arabs in 2000. This event was approved by the university. "Thirteen people were killed yet there's no killer," said Former Hadash MK Issam Mahoul at the gathering. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Auschwitz gimmick U.K. Tory chief draws fire for calling school visits to Auschwitz a gimmick. 5 Stops in Galilee Rock hares, peach orchards, a taste of the past, and walking the Jesus trail.   1.   I would be a lot more sympathetic to the students if 08:53  |  Brad 21/02/08   2.   more phony Israeli `democracy? 09:00  |  samos 21/02/08   3.   Ahhh...but if this were an Arab country, there would likely be 09:02  |  SLAVO 21/02/08   4.   Twisted Jews would never hold a memorial for Jews 09:04  |  SLAVO 21/02/08   5.   Freedom of speech Israeli style 09:35  |  Paul Wood 21/02/08   6.   boycott Israeli unis 10:50  |  Simon 21/02/08   7.   Rules in a Democracy 11:03  |  Slibovitz 21/02/08   8.   13 people dead is still a lot of people 11:06  |  TEA 21/02/08   9.   Permits required all over 11:58  |  Avi Ben Zvi 21/02/08   10.   13 people dead is still a lot of violent demonstrators alive 12:26  |  AA 21/02/08   11.   You shouldn`t need permits for small-scale protests. 12:27  |  Michael 21/02/08   12.   Send the students to the West Bank where their protest is welcome 13:11  |  Danny 21/02/08   13.   Responsibility 13:13  |  j10 21/02/08   14.   No diffrent then most countries in the EU 13:21  |  Lynn 21/02/08   15.   Responsibility 13:23  |  j10 21/02/08   16.   Ramallah university is wide open for these Quislings 14:46  |  Absolute Sweden 21/02/08   17.   Latex responsibility 11:41  |  TEA 24/02/08

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