Anteaters for Israel set up a booth across the square from the MSU’s wall. Here it is Tuesday, next to a booth from the California College Republicans.

Yes, that’s a cardboard standup of Ronald Reagan at the College Republicans booth.

The Anteaters for Israel booth expanded a bit Wednesday…

… and again Thursday, the day of the Amir Abdel Malik Ali talk.

Thursday afternoon’s “Israel: Apartheid Resurrected” event attracted this fool. He walked around the wall, the steps, and the speaker, chanting a high-pitched “li li li li” and proclaiming, “Death to infidels” and such in a bad impersonation of an Arabic accent. Note the rolled-up paper “dynamite” taped to his chest.

Campus police quickly stopped him. After a couple of minutes, he removed the costume dynamite and was allowed to continue…

… for over 2 hours. A few students took pictures, but most ignored him.

The fool made at least a couple of laps behind the “Death to Apartheid” banner while Amir Abdel Malik Ali was speaking.

Amir Abdel Malik Ali spoke Thursday, referring frequently to “the Zionist Jewish lobby”.

I missed most of it. Evidently “you’re the new Nazis” was one of the more inflammatory statements. A small portion of Mr. Ali’s speech later that evening is also available on YouTube. (You might have some trouble if you want to search for the YouTube clip later, though, since the poster cleverly gave it the description “Anti-Semetic speach” [sic].)

The audience was slightly larger than those of the previous 3 days.

Once again, fervent discussion followed, mostly involving pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli activists. Mr. Ali, like the other speakers and counter-demonstrators from outside campus, seemed inclined to lecture in response to questions. When I noticed students speaking with each other, in contrast, their interactions sounded more like dialogue, and their demeanors were far more respectful and civil.

I missed Wednesday’s speaker, anti-Zionist Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, but the two camps got into what looked like a serious discussion afterward.

Some Israel supporters have taken to wearing black T-shirts with “got peace? got Israel” logos.

Nothing to see here… really.

I overheard a couple of disagreements between Muslim Student Union supporters and Anteaters for Israel supporters about the clowns. Yes, clowns. A couple of older men came dressed as clowns to protest the MSU’s wall, Wednesday’s speaker, or both.

One panel expresses militant sentiment.

These three photos are of the pro-Hamas panel. I saw no mention of Fatah.

The flagpoles near Langson library, as close to a campus square as UC Irvine’s circular Ring Road allows. Afternoon speakers set up in the roped-off area at the bottom of the steps. To the left is the MSU’s “Israel: Apartheid Resurrected” display. To the right are booths from California College Republicans and Anteaters for Israel, right next to a sandwichboard-style sign advertising the MSU activities this week.

This year the wall runs parallel to the thoroughfare.

The wall receives passing attention. One of the panels (facing to the left, in the picture) is a video kiosk that appears to be running a pro-Palestine, anti-Israel documentary.

The wall has an opening to walk through. This caption is above it.

The Israeli flag is spattered with fake blood.

The Muslim Student Union at the University of California, Irvine is putting on a 4-day “Israel: Apartheid Resurrected” event this week. The centerpiece is a large wall display, representing the border between Israel and Palestine, in the campus’s designated free speech zone. I’ll be posting photographs of the wall, a few at a time; all are also in a Flickr set. The below are among the most incendiary parts of the display.

Okay, the serpent often represents the enemy in propaganda posters, but at least there aren’t wild-eyed, hook-nosed caricatures of… oh, wait.

Who doesn’t love an Anthony Hopkins parody? It’s not as if anyone’s actually suggesting that Jews eat children or anything… oh, wait.

Reminiscent of “The King in Yellow”.