Oxford Action for Palestine protested Nikki Haley speaking at an event. (Photo by OA4P)

London, November 17 (RHC)-- A group of students staged a protest outside the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford where former US presidential hopeful and UN ambassador Nikki Haley had been invited to deliver a speech.

The protesters, organized by the Oxford Action for Palestine (OA4P), plastered images of Haley signing an Israeli rocket shell around the building.

“Nikki Haley is an unabashed supporter of the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.  On May 28, Haley visited an artillery outpost in northern Israel near the Lebanon border, where she signed an Israeli artillery shell with the words ‘Finish Them All!’ and added a heart to the phrase ‘America [Loves] Israel Always,’” said a spokesperson for the groups.

Haley signed one of the IOF’s 155 mm high explosive projectiles during her visit to Israel.

“OA4P is sickened that the Blavatnik School of Government (BSG) has invited Nikki Haley to Oxford’s campus. We are disgusted that BSG considers Haley as worth platforming. We will not rest until Oxford ends its complicity in crimes against humanity,” the spokesperson added, condemning the Blavatnik School of Government for hosting Haley.

Outside the event, protesters surrounded Haley and her entourage, shouting, “Nikki Haley, you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide!” They also criticized Haley for her remarks describing the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) as a “terrorist organization.”

The protest came amid heightened Israeli acts of aggression in the West Asia region and the recent Israeli parliament decision on October 28 to ban UNRWA from operating in the occupied territories.

Founded in 1949, UNRWA supports Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan, initially aiding 700,000 Palestinians displaced after the establishment of Israel.