Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon may press charges against a student who shouted "slaughter the Jews" during a speech he gave at Oxford University on Monday.

Ayalon is looking into the possibility of pressing charges against the student for what is tantamount to a call for genocide.

"This demonstrates our new policy on hatred and racism and we will have zero tolerance for anti-Semitism, something that should have happened a long time ago," said Ayalon.

Another protestor carrying a Palestinian flag started walking toward Ayalon before security intervened and he was ejected from the hall. Another student shouted at the Deputy Foreign Minister that "we will do to you what we did to Milosevic."

Other students shouted, both inside and outside the hall, "Palestine will be free, from the River to the Sea." After the event several students attempted to physically assault the Deputy Foreign Minister but were prevented from doing so by security.

Also on Monday, California police reportedly made 12 arrests after a speech by Israel's U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren devolved into chaos.

Hecklers interrupted Oren's lecture at University of California, Irvine, more than 10 times, shouting "killers" and "how many Palestinians did you kill?"

Oren took a 20-minute break after the fourth protest, only to be interrupted again by young men yelling at him every few minutes, local press reported.

The arrested students were apparently members of the university's Muslim Student Union, which had publicly condemned Oren's visit earlier in the day.

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