Pro-Palestinian protestors interrupt junior fencing competition in Burgos, chanting anti-Israeli slogans. 'I was shaking the whole competition, it was very scary,' Israeli teen athlete Irina Levin says

The Junior Fencing World Cup in Burgos, Spain turned into a political arena this past weekend when 12 pro-Palestinian protestors stormed the bleachers during a match between Israel and Spain, shouting anti-Israeli slogans and wielding anti-Israel signs.

The protestors yelled "Killers of Palestinians" at the young fencers, and their signs called for a boycott of Israel.

"It was very scary," said Israeli coach Yaakov Brusovnick, whose trainee Irina Levin was competing when the protest broke out. "They tried to destroy the competition and started to descend towards the area of the match, while Irina was in the track closest to the bleachers."

Brusovnick, a veteran coach who has several fencing titles under his belt, has never experienced a similar event. "I have been coaching in Israel for two years, and it's the first time that this has happened," he said. "The judge immediately stopped the match, and different coaches from different countries began to confront the protestors in an attempt to remove them from the hall."

Two days later, 17-year-old Levin still sounded distraught while trying to recap the event in a phone interview...