An event organized by a Jewish group at Toronto Metropolitan University turned into a nightmare after it was disrupted by anti-Israel protesters on Wednesday, one student says.

“My body was shaking. I was hyperventilating. I was trying to talk to the police, but I was crying,” Liat Schwartz, 20, told National Post. She is the president of TMU’s chapter of Students Supporting Israel and a student ambassador for Allied Voices for Israel (AVI).

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“I thought this was a nightmare,” she said.

She was the organizer of the event, intended for students to hear directly from Israel Defense Forces soldiers about their experiences. But before the event could start, anti-Israel protesters discovered the off-campus location and the situation devolved into chaos. Property was destroy

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