Anti-Israel Event at UK University Cancelled for Violating Anti-Semitism Statute
by TheTower.org Staff | 02.22.17 3:32 pm
The University of Central Lancashire cancelled an anti-Israel event scheduled to take place on its campus after administrators determined that it ran afoul of the United Kingdom’s newly adopted definition of anti-Semitism, The Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday.
The panel discussion, arranged by the student group Friends of Palestine, was due to feature anti-Israel activist Ben White and a number of pro-Palestinian academics. It sought to focus on the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign, whose leaders have attracted controversy by publicly affirming that they seek Israel’s destruction.
The university determined that the panel, called “Debunking Misconceptions on Palestine,” violated the UK’s official definition of anti-Semitism. The definition was formulated by International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance and extends to “the targeting of the state of Israel, conceived as a Jewish collectivity.” This behavior includes:
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Ties in to the other article on South Carolina.
