Conference questioning Israel's right to exist will go ahead, confirm Cork University

A three-day conference debating the right of Israel to exist will go ahead next month in Ireland, University College Cork have confirmed.

The conference, called International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Exceptionalism and Responsibility, will take place at an "off-campus" location over two days.

There is a possibility that UCC will host a third day on campus if organisers comply will a series of demands set out by university management last month.

The original conference was cancelled by the University of Southampton in 2015, and delayed by Cork earlier this year, after Jewish leaders and MPs including former Conservative chief whip Michael Gove called it a “Israel hate-fest”.