UK: Organizers of antisemitic conference blame "Israeli Lobby" for cancellation

Via Jewish News:

 The University of Southampton has said it is still considering whether to pull the plug on a controversial conference exploring Israel’s legitimacy, despite organisers’ claims the decision had already been taken.

The Board of Deputies had called for the three-day event be reconstructed or cancelled while a petition against the gathering from the Zionist Federation garnered 6,00 signatures.

Last night a joint statement from the organisers said the the university had withdrawn permission for the conference on “health and safety grounds”. But the academics cried foul, claiming police officers had said they could control protests and ensure the safety of the event.

“The security argument was used to rationalise a decision to cancel the conference that has been taken under public pressure of the Israeli Lobby,” said organising professors in a joint statement.