Pro-Palestine students interrupted a private dinner in California to protest against the “Zionist” professor who had invited them.

Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of Berkeley Law School and his wife, professor Catherine Fisk, were hosting their annual spring celebration for around 60 graduating students at their home when the protest began.

“While guests were eating, a woman stood up with a microphone, stood on the top step in the yard, and began a speech, including about the plight of the Palestinians,” said Prof Chemerinsky, who is Jewish.

“My wife and I immediately approached her and asked her to stop and leave. When she continued, there was an attempt to take away her microphone. Repeatedly, we said to her that you are a guest in…