UK: Two pro-Zionist universities cancel speeches by author of UN anti-Zionist report
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Two Pro-Zionist British universities have cancelled lectures by international law professor Richard Falk after he co-authored a UN report which concludes that 'Israel' is an “apartheid” regime.
Falk said Middlesex University called off his speech, citing “health and safety” concerns, while University of East London cancelled his lecture, claiming that the approval for the speech had not followed proper procedures.
“As far as I can tell, there is a growing kind of feeling that the educational establishment in Britain, specifically in England, has been kind of intimidated in dealing with those who are seen as critics of Israel,” Falk told the Middle East Eye news portal.
Falk denounced the cancellations as the “intensification” of a trend of restricting academic freedom on uni...