Nancy Pelosi has been confronted by a pro-Palestinian protest group in Oxford.
The senior American Democratic politician was hosted by the Oxford Union last week to debate the motion: “This house believes populism is a threat to democracy.”
Ms Pelosi was interrupted by two demonstrators who stood up and held Palestinian flags in front of the former speaker of the house.
More than 100 students gathered outside the venue hosting Ms Pelosi, calling for a demonstration calling for an end to Israel's war in Gaza, which has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians.
We need to call it what it is. A genocide.
— Youth Demand (@youth_demand) April 29, 2024
Killing 13,000 children is not 'defence', its mass murder. If you do not see that, then you are the problem. pic.twitter.com/tntqYtgld6
Protesters from the UK group 'Youth Demand' walked in front of Ms Pelosi after she took to the podium and held up Palestinian flags for reportedly 20 minutes, until five police officers entered the venue and removed them, according to Oxford's student newspaper Cherwell.
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On Instagram, the group posted: "Warmongers like Nancy Pelosi are not welcome on university campuses.
"When children are being murdered, and hospitals are being bombed, we will not sit down and be quiet whilst these people are given platforms.
"We must stand up and take action, because we aren’t f****** around anymore."
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
Nancy Pelosi is an American politician who served as the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023.
She recently called for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign over the war.
Ms Pelosi has also expressed support for what she called "Israel's right to defend itself".
She told the BBC there was "complete justification" for pro-Palestine protests, however, "I've said to those [protesters]...do you care about what Hamas has done, do you care about what happened in Israel, would you not, if that happened here would we not have a response?"
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