Jay Stoll, LSE JSoc president, praised the union for deciding to stop the event and taking "a strong stance against antisemitism and all forms of discrimination". But he added: "There's something deeply flawed in the LSE's procedures on speaker events when someone like Al Haddad is approved without due consideration."
Dan Sheldon, UJS campaigns director, said that while he was committed to safeguarding freedom of speech on campous, it should not come at the expense of student welfare. "We should have no truck with those who seek to spread hate on our campuses," he said.
The event was arranged just weeks after a Jewish LSE student was left with a broken nose after he confronted fellow students playing a Nazi card game on an Athletics Union ski trip.
