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‘An academic conference to discuss the legitimacy of Israel has been postponed by by an Irish university citing ‘security reasons,’ after complaints from the Jewish community labelling it a biased, anti-Israel event.
The seminar was due to convene at University College Cork (UCC) in March, but has been called off due to “inadequate security infrastructure and staffing,” amid reports of planned protests at the event.
The conference was entitled ‘International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism.
Cork University’s Management Team issued a statement saying they had not received a formal request to host the conference and came to hear about it through social media. It noted that a number of academic staff holding positions within the University invited conference organisers to the university.
This is the second time the conference has been pulled due to “security concerns”. In 2015 the University of Southampton cancelled the event citing similar reasons.’