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Cambridge University students protested against a visit by Israeli Ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely at a Cambridge Union event on Tuesday. The demonstration began at 4:15pm outside the union – the largest student society in Cambridge, where Hotovely gave a speech – and was organised by the student-led Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Society (PalSoc). Hotovely is known for her strong opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state and has dubbed the 1948 Nakba – which saw hundreds of thousands of Palestinians expelled from their native land during the creation of Israel – an “Arab lie”. Th…