College Event With Anti-Israel Speakers Goes On Calmly Amid Protesters

Tensions were evident everywhere as two pro-Palestinian speakers arrived Thursday night Feb. 7 2013 at Brooklyn College event calling for boycotts and sanctions against Israel. Protesters began gathering across the street from the student center, where the college-sponsored talk was scheduled, more than an hour before the event was to start. The went off calmly with the panelists speaking to a largely supportive crowd.