Note: If you have more info about his event (or video that tells more of the story), please comment below or email me at justin.cox@patch.com.

An Israeli soldier and a Druze woman were scheduled to "tell their stories" at a UC Davis event sponsored by the campus Chabad group earlier this week. The presentation was temporarily derailed by heckling members of the audience, according to a blog post by IsraelStreet.org. "If you ever wanted to see how American universities have become bastions of Israel hatred, you should have been at the University of California-Davis last night," the blog began. "Of [the] 125 attendees, at least half were clearly identifiable as 'pro-Palestinian' students (with keffiyehs, Palestinian flags, Free Gaza T-shirts, and other 'Palestinian' paraphernalia)."

IsraelStreet.org's stated mission is to "fight for Israel," without making efforts to shape U.S. policy toward the nation. "How many women have you raped?" yelled one attendee to the Israeli soldier at the front of the room. "How many children have you raped? You are a child molester."

Here's a bit about the police response from the UC Davis News Site: ... the organizers requested police support a couple of hours before the event, held in 106 Wellman Hall. The department provided a supervisor and two security officers from Aggie Hosts — who are Police Department student employees, trained in special event security.

Acting Police Chief Matt Carmichael and three of his officers also were on the scene, as was a staff member from the Office of Student Affairs.

They persuaded the main heckler (video above) to leave voluntarily. Carmichael said at the event that it was his direction not to make arrests while mediation and dialogue were ongoing. More action could have been taken in the event of violence.

IsraeliStreet.org goes on to make the strong allegation that the "main heckler" was actually a student from India who was paid $50 by "Muslim students to heckle so loudly that the program would not be able to continue." IsraelStreet does not, however, cite a source for this information. I'm currently awaiting a response. Is this an appropriate form of protest? Comment below to weigh in.