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Westminster uni cancels anti-Zionist event

April 28, 2011 15:05

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Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

1 min read

The University of Westminster has cancelled an event it was due to host featuring Israeli anti-Zionist Gilad Atzmon.

A panel discussion examining "Israel criminality in the wake of the Goldstone Retract" was due to be held in a rented room at the university on Tuesday, May 3, but will not now go ahead.

The event was organised by jazz musician Mr Atzmon, who has previously been accused of making antisemitic statements and Holocaust denial.

He has written essays questioning what he called "the Auschwitz narrative", and said burning down a synagogue could be seen as "a rational act".